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spell

/spel/US // spɛl //UK // (spɛl) //

咒语,拼写,咒骂,拼字

Related Words

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    spelled or spelt, spell·ing.

    • : to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of: Did I spell your name right?
    • : to form: The letters spelled a rather rude word.
    • : to read letter by letter or with difficulty: She painfully spelled out the message.
    • : to discern or find, as if by reading or study.
    • : to signify; amount to: This delay spells disaster for us.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    spelled or spelt, spell·ing.

    • : to name, write, or give the letters of words, syllables, etc.: He spells poorly.
    • : to express words by letters, especially correctly.
  1. 1
    • : spell down, to outspell others in a spelling match.
    • : spell out, to explain something explicitly, so that the meaning is unmistakable: Must I spell it out for you?to write out in full or enumerate the letters of which a word is composed: The title “Ph.D.” is seldom spelled out.

Phrases

  • spell out
  • cold snap (spell)
  • under someone's spell

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He said everything — community health data, facility preparedness, the staffing situation — spells a return to in-person instruction.

  • Thus, many educators reasonably teach a small set of high-frequency, irregularly spelled words as special cases.

  • Married for a spell to Ellen Barkin, he’s made a few appearances in the tabloids, too.

  • The rise in demand for flexible office space could also spell a future for repurposed storefronts.

  • I have no doubt Icahn knows all the numbers, but he appears to rely on instincts that tell him, I’ve seen this scenario before, and it always spells trouble.

  • “Then I learned he can't spell and is a manager at a CPK,” she said.

  • After my crying spell stopped, I gritted my teeth, tucked my crutch under my right arm, and turned to my husband.

  • In order to break the spell and bear children, they must collect four items from the mysterious woods.

  • A personal favorite is “C Is For Cookie” for guiding me through a 1994 playground debate over how to spell the word.

  • Unless Spotify can figure out how to better pay artists and develop exclusive deals, this could easily spell the end for them.

  • Finally he shook himself free from the dreamy spell of the place, and turned his face southward again.

  • "I just happened to be passin' and thought I'd drop in for a spell," he said, with a profound bow to Mary, who arose to greet him.

  • Her quiet eyes, held by his during the spell that had bound them speechless, did not flinch at the breaking of it.

  • Aristide prayed that some Thaïs might come along, cast her spell upon him, and induce him to wink.

  • After the first short spell of shelling our men fixed bayonets and lifted them high above the parapet.