| 释义 |
spur/spɜ:/ n. & v.●n. 1 a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel worn on a rider's heel for urging a horse forward 马刺，靴刺 2 a stimulus or incentive 刺激，激励 3 a spur-shaped thing, esp. 马刺状物，(尤指): a a projection from a mountain or mountain range 山嘴，山鼻子 b a branch road or railway 支路，岔路 c a hard projection on a cock's leg (公鸡腿上的)距 d a steel point fastened to the leg of a gamecock (缚在斗鸡脚上的)距铁 e a climbing-iron (登山用的)铁钉助爬器 f a small support for ceramic ware in a kiln (窑中瓷器的)支撑物 4 Bot. 【植】a a slender hollow projection from part of a flower 花距 b a short fruit-bearing shoot 结有果子的短枝 ●v. (spurred, spurring) 1 tr. prick (a horse) with spurs 用马刺踢(马) 2 tr.a (often foll. by 常后跟 on) incite (a person) 鼓励，激励 spurred him on to greater efforts 激励他更加努力； spurred her to try again 鼓励她再试一次 b stimulate (interest etc.) 激发(兴趣等) 3 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 on, forward) ride a horse hard 策马飞驰 4 tr. (esp. as 尤作 spurred adj.) provide (a person, boots, a gamecock) with spurs 给(人、靴子、斗鸡)装马刺(或距铁) □ on the spur of the moment on a momentary impulse; impromptu 一时兴起；即兴 □ put (or set) spurs to 1 spur (a horse) 用靴刺踢(马) 2 stimulate (resolution etc.) 增强(决心等) □ spurless adj.□ spurred adj. (esp. in senses 1, 3d, 4a of n. 尤用于名词释义 1 ， 3d 和 4a)[Old English spora, spura from Germanic: related to SPURN] |