英语词汇“spare”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	spare
释义	spare I. \ˈspa(a)](ə)r, -pe], ]ə\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English sparen, from Old English sparian; akin to Old Frisian sparia to spare, Old High German sparōn, sparēn, Old Norse spara; derivatives from the root of English spare (II) *transitive verb* 1. : to forbear to destroy, punish, or harm : preserve from punishment, injury, or evil : show mercy to < spare, O Lord, this miserable sinner > < many ships were sunk but a few were spared > < woodman, spare that tree — G.P.Morris > 2. : to refrain from attacking, scolding, reprimanding, or speaking with necessary or salutary severity to < his sermons spared neither high nor low, rich nor poor > < does not spare the U.N. and he recommends that it set its house in order — Chester Bowles > 3. : to relieve (someone) of the necessity of doing or undergoing something : exempt < spare him the trouble of answering > < wanted to spare his parents the expense of sending him to college > < spare yourself quite a bit of … weeding — New Yorker > 4. : to refrain from : avoid < nothing is spared to … make you comfortable — T.H.Fielding > 5. a. : to use stintingly or frugally : refrain from the free use or consumption of < spare the rod and spoil the child > — chiefly in negative use < more pancakes, please, and don't spare the syrup > < come at once and don't spare the horses > < substantial homes with no sparing of paint — R.W.Hatch > b. dialect chiefly Britain : save 2a < rob a poor man of all he had spared — Augusta Gregory > 6. a. : to give up or part with as being not strictly needed : dispense with as surplus or extra < could have better spared a better man — Shakespeare > < giving employment … to villagers who can be spared from the farms — Geographical School Bulletin > b. : to have left over or as margin < caught the train with a few minutes to spare > < that rug will cover the floor with a foot to spare > *intransitive verb* 1. obsolete : desist, stop 2. : to be frugal : live in a saving and stinting manner < some will spend and some will spare — Robert Burns > 3. : to refrain from executing judgment or punishment or taking vengeance : use mercy or kindness : be lenient • - and to spare II. adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spær; akin to Old High German spar spare, Old Norse sparr spare, Old Slavic sporŭ abundant, Old English spēd success, speed — more at speed 1. : not being used : held for future or emergency use < spare bedroom > < spare tire > < spare anchor > 2. : being over and above what is necessary : not wanted : not presently needed : free, superfluous < a hobby to occupy his spare time > < have you any spare cash you could lend me > 3. : not liberal or profuse : sparing, chary < habitually spare of speech > < build up the truth of his characters through spare, pungent dialogue — Arthur Knight > < tale proceeds with a spare and lucid simplicity — Times Literary Supplement > 4. : lacking fat : somewhat thin : lean < spare, alert, and jaunty figure — Thomas Wolfe > < some like their beauty to be luxurious; others see beauty in the gaunt and the spare — Richard Joseph > 5. : not abundant or plentiful : meager, scanty < spare diet > < spare vegetation > Synonyms: see lean, meager III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from sparen, v. 1. obsolete : an act of showing restraint or mercy — used especially in the phrase without spare 2. archaic : placket 3. archaic : frugal use : economy, frugality — used with make 4. a. : a spare tire b. : a duplicate (as a battery, a pair of eyeglasses) kept in reserve c. chiefly Britain : spare part d. : an extra member of a sports team 5. : the knocking down of all 10 pins with the first 2 bowls of a frame in bowling — compare strike 6. : surplus clay trimmed off the mold in the slip-casting process
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