| 释义 |
spoil /spoil/ transitive verb (pat and pap spoiled or (only in sense of damage) spoilt)- To mar
- To impair
- To make useless
- To treat over-indulgently
- To harm the character of by so doing
- To take by force (archaic)
- To plunder
- To despoil
- To strip
- To deprive
- To corrupt
- To destroy, end (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb- To go bad
- To deteriorate
- To practise spoliation
noun- (usu in pl) plunder, booty
- Acquisitions, prizes
- Spoliation
- Pillage
- A cast or stripped-off skin
- Remains of an animal body
- Material cast out in excavation
- Damage, impairment (rare)
- A thing spoiled in making (rare)
ORIGIN: OFr espoille, from L spolium spoil spoilˈage noun - The act of spoiling
- Waste by spoiling
- Material so wasted
spoiled adjective spoilˈer noun - Any thing or person that spoils
- An aerodynamic device fitted to the wings of an aircraft to reduce lift and assist descent
- A similar device fitted to motor vehicles, esp racing and sports cars, to lessen drag and reduce the tendency to become unstable through a lifting effect at high speeds
- An electronic device incorporated in a piece of recording equipment which prevents unauthorized recording, usu by using a spoiler signal which renders useless any recording made
- A newspaper article, speech, etc intended to lessen the impact of another published or made on the same subject elsewhere
- A piece of information about the plot of a film, television show, etc, made public with the intention of lessening interest in the work
- A third candidate in a two-way political election, whose only effect is to reduce the number of votes for one of the main candidates (US)
spoilˈful (Spenser spoylefull) adjective Plundering spoil bank or spoil heap noun A deposit of spoil spoilˈfive noun A card game drawn or spoiled if no player wins three out of five tricks spoilˈing tactics plural noun Activities that have no purpose other than to hinder someone or something else spoilsˈman noun (US) Someone who looks for profit out of politics or who advocates the spoils system spoilˈsport noun - Someone who stops or interferes with sport or other people's pleasure
- A meddler
spoils system noun (chiefly US) The practice of appointing supporters of the political party gaining or in power, to nonelective public offices, on the principle that ‘to the victor belong the spoils’ spoilt paper noun In a ballot, a voting paper marked, esp deliberately, in such a way as to render it invalid spoiling for - More than ripe or ready for (a fight, etc)
- Intent on
spoilt for choice Presented with so many attractive options that picking one is difficult |