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

spare¹ /spār/

transitive verb

To do without, part with voluntarily

To afford

To allow oneself, concede to oneself (archaic)

To abstain from using

To refrain from hurting, injuring, punishing, killing or ending

To treat mercifully

To relieve or save from

To avoid

To avoid incurring

To use frugally (archaic)

To save, hoard (obsolete)

intransitive verb

archaic

rare

To be frugal

To refrain

To be merciful

adjective

Not in actual use

Not required

Kept or available for others or for such purposes as may occur

Lean

Frugal, scanty, meagre

Sparing

adverb

Sparely

noun

A spare part, thing or person

A duplicate kept or carried for emergencies, etc

(in skittles or tenpin bowling) overturning all the pins with the first two balls, ie with a ball to spare (a double spare with first ball only)

The score for so doing

ORIGIN: OE sparian to spare, spær sparing; Ger sparen

spareˈless adjective

Unmerciful

spareˈly adverb

spareˈness noun

spārˈer noun

spārˈing adjective

Tending or wanting to make savings, frugal, economical

spārˈingly adverb

spārˈingness noun

spare part noun

A part for a machine ready to replace an identical part if it becomes faulty (spare-part surgery surgery involving the replacement of organs, by transplants or artificial devices)

spare rib noun

A piece of pork consisting of ribs with a little meat adhering to them

spare room noun

A bedroom that is not normally used, available for visitors

spare time noun

Leisure time

spareˈ-time adjective

spare tyre noun

An extra tyre for a motor vehicle, carried in case of a puncture
A roll of fat around the midriff (informal)

go spare (slang)

To become furious or frenzied

to spare

Over and above what is required

spare1 /spār/

spare¹ /spār/