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  • n.连续的一段时间
  • [英] n.连续的一段时间 ( a continuous period of time)
  • [记] spell还有""拼写""、""咒语""等意思
  • [例] give sb.a breathing spell ( 给某人一点喘息的时间)

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. verb (spelled; spelling)

  • Etymology: Middle English, to mean, signify, read by spelling out letters, from Anglo-French espeleir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English spellian to relate, spell talk
  • Date: 14th century
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to read slowly and with difficulty — often used with out
    • 2. to find out by study ; come to understand — often used with out<it requires some pains to spell out those decorations — F. J. Mather>
    • 3.
      • a.
        • (1) to name the letters of in order; also to write or print the letters of in order
        • (2) to write or print the letters of in a particular way <you can spell it either way><I spelled it wrong>
      • b. to make up (a word) <what word do these letters spell>
      • c. write 1b <catnip is spelled as one word>
    • 4. to add up to ; mean <crop failure was likely to spell stark famine — Stringfellow Barr>
  • intransitive verb
    • to form words with letters <teach children to spell>; also to spell words in a certain way <spells the way he speaks>

II. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English, talk, tale, from Old English; akin to Old High German spel talk, tale
  • Date: 1579
  • 1.
    • a. a spoken word or form of words held to have magic power
    • b. a state of enchantment
  • 2. a strong compelling influence or attraction

III. transitive verb (spelled; spelling)

  • Date: circa 1623
  • to put under a spell

IV. noun

  • Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English spale substitute, from Old English spala
  • Date: 1593
  • 1.
    • a. archaic a shift of workers
    • b. one's turn at work
  • 2.
    • a. a period spent in a job or occupation
    • b. chiefly Australian a period of rest from work, activity, or use
  • 3.
    • a. an indeterminate period of time <waited a spell before advancing>; also a continuous period of time <did a spell in prison>
    • b. a stretch of a specified type of weather
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