| 单词 | spar |
| 释义 | spar (once / 982 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n If you spar with someone, you exchange light blows — either literally by punching each other, or figuratively by exchanging verbal blows. If you box, you might spar with an opponent at the gym while you're training. You don't strike too hard — it’s just practice. Similarly, if you spar with words, you typically do it playfully and without anger. You might repeatedly spar with your mom about who makes the best meatloaf, but it’s all in good fun. Spar is also the name of a rigging pole, as well as of some light minerals like calcite, that you can cut through. WORD FAMILYspar: sparred, sparring, spars+/sparring: sparrings USAGE EXAMPLESIn between, Democrats and Republicans sparred repeatedly about that number. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Father Pfleger, who often spars with elected officials, said he was searching for fresh ways to draw attention to the plague of gun violence. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) A British Boxing Board of Control hearing into the unsanctioned sparring session will be held in January. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging Hypo|Hyper boom any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring bowsprita spar projecting from the bow of a vessel dolphin striker, martingalespar under the bowsprit of a sailboat gaffa spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail jibbooma spar that extends the bowsprit masta vertical spar for supporting sails sprita light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally yarda long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen foremastthe mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts jigger, jiggermastany small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl jury masta temporary mast to replace one that has broken off mainmastthe chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts main yardyard for a square mainsail mizen, mizenmast, mizzen, mizzenmastthird mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy topmastthe mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig pole a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic 2v furnish with spars 2Hyper equip, fit, fit out, outfit provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose 1n making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer Syn|Hyper sparring boxing, fisticuffs, pugilism fighting with the fists 2v box lightly Hyper box engage in a boxing match 3v fight with spurs the gamecocks were sparring Hyper contend, fight, struggle be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight 4v fight verbally 3They were sparring all night Hyper argue, contend, debate, fence have an argument about something n any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable Hypo|Hyper feldspar, felspar any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium calcitea common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone Mexican onyx, alabaster, onyx marble, oriental alabastera hard compact kind of calcite chalka soft whitish calcite orthoclasea white or colored monoclinic feldspar oligoclase, plagioclaseany of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks Iceland spara transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes moonstonea transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar mineral solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
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