| 释义 |
Verb: spare spehr- Refrain from harming
- save - Save or relieve from an experience or action
"I'll spare you from having to apologize formally" - Give up what is not strictly needed
"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
- give up, part with, dispense with - Use frugally or carefully
Adjective: spare (sparer,sparest) spehr- Thin and fit
"the spare figure of a marathon runner"
- trim - More than is needed, desired, or required
"sleeping in the spare room"
- excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus - Not taken up by scheduled activities
"spare time on my hands"
- free - Kept in reserve especially for emergency use
"a spare tire"; "spare parts" - Lacking in amplitude or quantity
"a spare diet"
- bare, scanty - Lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- plain, bare, unembellished, unornamented - [Brit] Very angry
- hot under the collar, hopping mad
Noun: spare spehr- An extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- spare part - An extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
- fifth wheel - A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
Derived forms: sparing, sparest, spares, spared, sparer See also: angry, lean, meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], scrimpy, sparely, spareness, sparer, stingy, thin, unadorned, undecorated, unnecessary, unneeded, unoccupied Type of: car wheel, component, constituent, element, exempt, expend, forbear, free, give, refrain, relieve, score, use Encyclopedia: Spare |