| 单词 | spur |
| 释义 | spur n. & v. --n 1. a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel worn on a rider's heel for urging a horse forward. 2. a stimulus or incentive. 3. a spur-shaped thing, esp.: a a projection from a mountain or mountain range. b a branch road or railway. c a hard projection on a cock's leg. d a steel point fastened to the leg of a gamecock. e a climbing-iron. f a small support for ceramic ware in a kiln. 4. Bot. a a slender hollow projection from part of a flower. b a short fruit-bearing shoot. --v (spurred, spurring) 1. tr. prick (a horse) with spurs. 2. tr. a (often foll. by on) incite (a person) (spurred him on to greater efforts; spurred her to try again). b stimulate (interest etc.). 3. intr. (often foll. by on, forward) ride a horse hard. 4. tr. (esp. as spurred adj.) provide (a person, boots, a gamecock) with spurs. Phrases and idioms on the spur of the moment on a momentary impulse; impromptu. put (or set) spurs to 1. spur (a horse). 2. stimulate (resolution etc.). spur-gear = spur-wheel. spur royal hist. a 15-shilling coin of James I bearing a spurlike sun with rays. spur-wheel a cog-wheel with radial teeth. Derivatives spurless adj. Etymology: OE spora, spura f. Gmc, rel. to SPURN |
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