| 释义 |
spoon
I. \ˈspün sometimes ˈspu̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English spone, spoon, from Old English spōn; akin to Old High German spān splinter, chip of wood, Old Norse spānn, spōnn chip, spoon, Greek sphēn wedge
1. obsolete : a thin piece of wood : splinter, chip
2. : a usually metal, plastic, or wooden eating or cooking implement consisting of a small oval or round shallow bowl with a handle — often used in combination
< spoon maker >
< baby spoon >
< jelly spoon >
< teaspoon >
3. : something that resembles a spoon in shape: as
a. or spoon shovel : a long bar with a small oval inclined blade at the end used in excavating deep narrow holes
b. : a lever that forms part of the stop motion on a drawing frame
4. : spoonful
< two spoons of sugar >
5. : wooden spoon 1
6. slang : simpleton
7. : a usually metal or shell fishing lure shaped like the bowl of a spoon — see lure illustration
8. : a wooden golf club made with a slightly shorter and stiffer shaft and more loft than a driver or brassie and used through the green for long high shots — see wood illustration
9.
a. : horn spoon 2
b. : scraper 1j
10. : a smudged and crushed loop left in the ice by a figure skater who makes a faulty turn
11. : a chrysanthemum with long tubular ray florets and a spoon-shaped tip
II. adjective
1. : used to hold spoons
< spoon box >
< spoon rack >
2. : shaped like a spoon
< spoon strainer >
or the bowl of a spoon
< spoon shell >
3. : eaten with or suitable for eating with a spoon usually because liquid or semisolid
< spoon food >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to take up and usually transfer in a spoon
< they spoon their consommé — Mollie Panter-Downes >
< spooned the tomatoes into the glass jars — H.D.Skidmore >
< mother spooned out bowls of porridge — Margaret Kennedy >
< sat placidly spooning up yogurt — Time >
< the dredge spooned up mud >
2. : to nestle close to and facing the back of (a person) while lying down
3. [probably from the Welsh custom of an engaged man's presenting his fiancée with a love spoon] : to make love to by caressing, kissing, and talking amorously : pet, neck
< have spooned other women — Margaret W. Hungerford >
sometimes : woo, court
< spooning his sister — Kenneth Grahame >
4. : to propel (a ball) by a stroke having a weak lifting motion
intransitive verb
1. : to immerse a spoon (as into a liquid)
< spooning into a bowl of milk toast — William DuBois >
2. : to nestle close to and facing the back of a person while lying down
< sleepers spooning together — Lee Meriwether >
— often used with up
< she tucked the bedclothes around him and then spooning up she fell asleep — Willard Robertson >
3. : to make love by caressing, kissing, and talking amorously : neck
< spooned out on the decks — Louis Armstrong >
4. : to spoon a ball (as a golfball)
IV. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
of a boat : to drive steadily and swiftly before or as if before a strong wind |