| 单词 | spare |
| 释义 | spare adj., n., & v. --adj 1. a not required for ordinary use; extra (have no spare cash; spare time). b reserved for emergency or occasional use (slept in the spare room). 2. lean; thin. 3. scanty; frugal; not copious (a spare diet; a spare prose style). 4. colloq. not wanted or used by others (a spare seat in the front row). --n 1. Brit. a spare part; a duplicate. 2. Bowling the knocking-down of all the pins with the first two balls. --v 1. tr. afford to give or do without; dispense with (cannot spare him just now; can spare you a couple). 2. tr. a abstain from killing, hurting, wounding, etc. (spared his feelings; spared her life). b abstain from inflicting or causing; relieve from (spare me this talk; spare my blushes). 3. tr. be frugal or grudging of (no expense spared). 4. intr. archaic be frugal. Phrases and idioms go spare colloq. 1. Brit. become extremely angry or distraught. 2. be unwanted by others. not spare oneself exert one's utmost efforts. spare part a duplicate part to replace a lost or damaged part of a machine etc. spare tyre 1. an extra tyre carried in a motor vehicle for emergencies. 2. Brit. colloq. a roll of fat round the waist. to spare left over; additional (an hour to spare). Derivatives sparely adv. spareness n. sparer n. Etymology: OE sp{aelig}r, sparian f. Gmc |
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