| 单词 | spelldown |
| 释义 | spelldown in British English (ˈspɛlˌdaʊn) noun US a spelling competition spelldown in American English (ˈspɛlˌdaʊn) US noun spelling bee spelldown in American English (ˈspelˌdaun) noun a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings Word origin [1940–45, Amer.; from phrase spell down to outspell others in a spelling match]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black box, debrief, sealant, set-aside, update |
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