| 单词 | spare |
| 释义 | spare (once / 101 pages) 1adjnv 2adj 3v 4n Spare describes something that is extra. If you have a spare tire for your bike you can replace a flat, and if there's enough change in your pocket you can spare some to patch a friend's tire. As a noun, a verb, and an adjective, the word spare has many meanings. A leftover part is a spare, you can spare a life when you save an animal or person, and you have spare time when you finish a project early. If you "spare no expense" you spend lots of money and when you spare a friend's feelings, you keep upsetting details to yourself. And if you have a moment to spare, you have time to share. WORD FAMILYspare: spared, sparely, spareness, sparer, spares, sparest, sparing+/sparer: sparers/sparing: sparingly, unsparing/unsparing: unsparingly USAGE EXAMPLESIn his spare time, such as it is, Okwara indulges his creative side. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Growing up, Reynolds was a natural mimic, often performing for classmates to compensate for the embarrassment she felt over her spare wardrobe. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Still, Pugh’s probation was not revoked, sparing him from a year in jail. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj more than is needed, desired, or required sleeping in the spare room Syn excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus unnecessary, unneeded not necessary 2adj not taken up by scheduled activities spare time on my hands Syn free unoccupied not held or filled or in use 3adj kept in reserve especially for emergency use a spare tire spare parts Syn unnecessary, unneeded not necessary 4n an extra component of a machine or other apparatus Syn|Hyper spare part component, constituent, element an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system 5n an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle Syn|Hyper fifth wheel car wheel a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car 6v give up what is not strictly needed he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey Syn|Hyper dispense with, give up, part with give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody 7v use frugally or carefully 2Hyper expend, use use up, consume fully 1adj lacking in amplitude or quantity a spare diet Syn bare, scanty meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy deficient in amount or quality or extent 2adj lacking embellishment or ornamentation Syn bare, plain, unembellished, unornamented unadorned, undecorated not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction 3adj thin and fit 3the spare figure of a marathon runner Syn trim lean, thin lacking excess flesh 1v refrain from harming Syn|Hypo|Hyper save favor, favour treat gently or carefully forbear, refrain resist doing something 2v save or relieve from an experience or action 4I'll spare you from having to apologize formally Hyper exempt, free, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to n a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls Hyper score the act of scoring in a game or sport |
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