spur
音标发音
- 英式音标 [spɜːr]
- 美式音标 [spɝː]
- 国际音标 [spə:]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 马刺;鞭策;山嘴;(公路或铁路的)支线;骨刺
- v. 用踢马刺驱马前进;激励;促进;紧贴主干剪短(副梢)
- n. (Spur) (美)斯普尔(人名)
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的spura,意为马刺。
词根记忆
- 美国NBA2003赛季总冠军为马刺队(Spurs)
- 美国NBA2002~2003赛季的总冠军为马刺队(Spurs)
- NBA的马刺队就是Spur
- 美国NBA的马刺队(Spurs)
- spur的原意是马刺,为使马匹快走→促进,激励
用法辨析
- spur的基本意思指骑马时,用靴根或靴刺去刺马腹,使之向前疾进,引申指由于愉快、激动的心情或欲望而导致格外加速的行动,即“激励”。
- spur只用作及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语,也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
- spur的宾语后常接介词to引起的短语,表示“鼓励某人去做…,促使某人去…”。
- spur的过去式和过去分词均为spurred。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He dug in his spurs.
他用马刺策马。 - The riders spurred their horses.
骑手们用踢马刺策马前进。 - The coach spurred his players to fight harder.
教练激励他的选手们奋力拼搏。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
用作宾补动词: S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
词组短语
- spur the horse and galloped away 策马疾驰
- spur one 's recovery 促进康复
- spur amusingly 有趣地激励
- spur deliberately 有意地激励
- spur kindly 好心地激励
- spur unhesitatingly 毫不犹豫地激励
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
~+副词
英英字典
- (ENCOURAGE) to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster
- (SHARP OBJECT) to push spurs into the side of a horse to make it go faster
- (SHARP OBJECT) a sharp, wheel-shaped metal object that is attached to the heel of boots worn by people riding horses and is used to encourage the horse to go faster
- (MOUNTAIN) a high piece of land that sticks out from a mountain or a group of mountains
- (ENCOURAGEMENT) something that acts as an encouragement for an activity or development
- If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.
- Spur on means the same as . (spur)
- If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner.
- Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.
- If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly, without planning it beforehand.
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专业释义
- 丁坝
- 骨刺
- 突刺
- 凸壁
- 枝距
- 瓣距
- 花距
- 距;足刺
- 距
- 距;爪突;靴刺;短枝
- 距;短枝;刺激物
- 山鼻子,山嘴尖坡
- 丁坝
- (烧制时用的)三角支架
- 钢针
- 刺迹