spell是什么意思_spell怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;"he was here for a little while"
"I need to rest for a piece"
"a spell of good weather"
"a patch of bad weather"

a verbal formula believed to have magical force;"he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"
"inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese"

Verb:

orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of;"How do you spell this word?"
"We had to spell out our names for the police officer"

indicate or signify;"I"m afraid this spells trouble!"

write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word);"He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn;"She spelled her husband at the wheel"

place under a spell

take turns working;"the workers spell every four hours"

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中英词源

spell 拼写，拼读，符咒，咒语，魔力

来自古英语 spell,故事，叙述，寓言，来自 Proto-Germanic*spellam,说，告知，来自 PIE*spel, 说，念，吟诵，背诵。引申词义符咒，咒语，魔力等。词义拼写来自古法语同源词 espelir, 拼写，拼读，发音。

spell: spell: English has three distinct words spell, although two of them come from the same ultimate source. Spell ‘name the letters of a word’ [13] was adapted from Old French espeler ‘read out’. This was descended from an earlier *espeldre, which was borrowed from prehistoric Germanic *spellōn. And it was a noun relative of this, *spellam, which gave English spell ‘magic formula’ [OE]. Spell ‘period of time’ [16] may go back ultimately to Old English spelian ‘substitute’; its original meaning was ‘replace someone else at a job’, and the main modern sense ‘period of time’ did not emerge, via ‘period of work’, until the 18th century.
spell (v.1): early 14c., "read letter by letter, write or say the letters of;" c. 1400, "form words by means of letters," apparently a French word that merged with or displaced a native Old English one; both are from the same Germanic root, but the French word had evolved a different sense. The native word is Old English spellian "to tell, speak, discourse, talk," from Proto-Germanic *spellam (cognates: Old High German spellon "to tell," Old Norse spjalla, Gothic spillon "to talk, tell"), from PIE *spel- (2) "to say aloud, recite."

But the current senses seem to come from Anglo-French espeller, Old French espelir "mean, signify, explain, interpret," also "spell out letters, pronounce, recite," from Frankish *spellon "to tell" or some other Germanic source, ultimately identical with the native word.

Related: Spelled; spelling. In early Middle English still "to speak, preach, talk, tell," hence such expressions as hear spell "hear (something) told or talked about," spell the wind "talk in vain" (both 15c.). Meaning "form words with proper letters" is from 1580s. Spell out "explain step-by-step" is first recorded 1940, American English. Shakespeare has spell (someone) backwards "reverse the character of, explain in a contrary sense, portray with determined negativity."
spell (n.1): Old English spell "story, saying, tale, history, narrative, fable; discourse, command," from Proto-Germanic *spellam (see spell (v.1)). Compare Old Saxon spel, Old Norse spjall, Old High German spel, Gothic spill "report, discourse, tale, fable, myth;" German Beispiel "example." From c. 1200 as "an utterance, something said, a statement, remark;" meaning "set of words with supposed magical or occult powers, incantation, charm" first recorded 1570s; hence any means or cause of enchantment.
The term "spell" is generally used for magical procedures which cause harm, or force people to do something against their will -- unlike charms for healing, protection, etc. ["Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore"]
Also in Old English, "doctrine; a sermon; religious instruction or teaching; the gospel; a book of the Bible;" compare gospel.
spell (v.2): "work in place of (another)," 1590s, earlier spele, from Old English spelian "to take the place of, be substitute for, represent," related to gespelia "substitute," of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to spilian "to play" (see spiel). Related: Spelled; spelling.
spell (n.2): 1620s, "a turn of work in place of another," from spell (v.2); compare Old English gespelia "a substitute." Meaning shifted toward "continuous course of work" (1706), probably via notion of shift work (as at sea) where one man or crew regularly "spelled" another. Hence "continuous stretch" of something (weather, etc.), recorded by 1728. Hence also, via the notion in give a spell (1750) "relieve another by taking a turn of work" came the sense "interval of rest or relaxation" (1845), which took the word to a sense opposite what it had at the start.

词态变化

第三人称单数 spells;
过去式 spelt; spelled;
过去分词 spelt; spelled;
现在分词 spelling;

权威造句

1. Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.: 禁毒专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的局面。

2. A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance.: 一度身体欠佳令她表现有失水准。

3. For many years sundials have cast their spell over scientists and mathematicians.: 多年来，日晷一直吸引着科学家和数学家们。

4. How many times do I have to spell it out?: 我要仔仔细细讲多少遍？

5. Jacqueline is not relishing the prospect of another spell in prison.: 杰奎琳可不想再蹲一阵子监狱。

近反义词

period

stretch

term

shift

turn

相似短语

breathing spell 喘息的机会

spell down v. 在拼字比赛中胜过

spell out v.1.拼出，读出 2.阐明

spell check 【计】拼写检查

spell checker n.[计] 拼写检查程序

spell binding adj.使人入迷的,迷人的

cold spell 一段寒冷的气候,寒潮

magical spell phr. 魔法，魔咒

magic spell phr. 咒语

dizzy spell 晕眩；头昏目眩

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