| 单词 | spur |
| 释义 | spur spur1 —spurless, adj. —spurlike, adj. —spurrer, n. /sperr/, n. , v. , spurred, spurring. n. 1. a U-shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward. 2. anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement. 3. See climbing iron. 4. Ornith. a stiff, usually sharp, horny process on the leg of various birds, esp. the domestic rooster, or on the bend of the wing, as in jacanas and screamers. 5. Pathol. a bony projection or exostosis. 6. a sharp piercing or cutting instrument fastened to the leg of a gamecock in cockfighting; gaff. 7. Physical Geog. a ridge or line of elevation projecting from or subordinate to the main body of a mountain or mountain range. 8. something that projects and resembles or suggests a gaff; sharp projection. 9. a short or stunted branch or shoot, as of a tree. 10. Typography. a short, seriflike projection from the bottom of the short vertical stroke in the capital G in some fonts. 11. See wing dam. 12. Bot. a. a slender, usually hollow, projection from some part of a flower, as from the calyx of the larkspur or the corolla of the violet. b. a short shoot bearing flowers, as in fruit trees. 13. Archit. a. a short wooden brace, usually temporary, for strengthening a post or some other part. b. any offset from a wall, as a buttress. c. griffe2. 14. Ceram. a triangular support of refractory clay for an object being fired. 15. Railroads. See spur track. 16. on the spur of the moment, without deliberation; impulsively; suddenly: We headed for the beach on the spur of the moment. 17. win one's spurs, to achieve distinction or success for the first time; prove one's ability or worth: Our team hasn't won its spurs yet. v.t. 18. to prick with or as if with a spur or spurs; incite or urge on: The rider spurred his mount ruthlessly. Appreciation spurs ambition. 19. to strike or wound with the spur, as a gamecock. 20. to furnish with spurs or a spur. v.i. 21. to goad or urge one's horse with spurs or a spur; ride quickly. 22. to proceed hurriedly; press forward: We spurred onward through the night. [bef. 900; (n.) ME spure, OE spura; c. OHG sporo, ON spori spur; akin to SPURN; (v.) ME spuren, deriv. of the n.] Syn. 1, 2. goad. 2. incitement, stimulus, incentive, inducement, provocation, instigation. 18. goad, provoke, stimulate, impel, inspire, induce, instigate. Ant. 18. discourage. spur2 /sperr/, n. Papermaking. a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets. [1880-85; orig. uncert.] |
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