| 单词 | spell out |
| 释义 | spell outSEE SYNONYMS FOR spell out ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to make clear, distinct, or explicit; clarify in detaillet me spell out the implications to read laboriously or with difficulty, working out each word letter by letter to discern by study; puzzle out Words nearby spell outspelling, spelling bee, spelling pronunciation, spelling reform, Spellman, spell out, spelt, spelter, spelunk, spelunker, Spemann Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with spell outspell out Make plain, clarify, as in We asked her to spell out her objectives. [c. 1940] Read slowly and laboriously, as in He was only six but he managed to spell out the instructions. [Early 1800s] Puzzle out, manage to understand with some effort, as in It took years before anyone could spell out the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone. [Late 1600s] All three usages transfer spell in the sense of “proceed letter by letter.” The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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