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| 1 | only before noun a spare object is one that you keep in addition to other similar objects so that it is available if you need it 备用的 |
| a spare key/battery/pair of glasses 备用钥匙/电池/眼镜 |
| Bring a towel and some spare clothes. 带一条毛巾和一些备用的衣服。 |
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| 2 | available 可用的；空余的 |
| Every spare patch of land has been converted into a vegetable garden. 每一片空闲的土地都已被开垦成了菜园。 |
| The hospital has no spare operating capacity. 医院已经没有多余的手术能力了。 |
| | 2a | available to be shared, or given to someone because it is additional to what you need for yourself 多余的；剩下的；备用的 | | the spare bedroom 备用的卧室 | |
| | 2b | coins of low value that you do not need , especially coins that you give to someone else 小面值的硬币 | |
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| 3 | literary thin 瘦的 |
| She was about thirty-seven, tall, and spare. 她大约37岁，高高瘦瘦的。 |
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| 4 | literary plain and simple without any unnecessary detail or decoration 简洁的；简朴的 |
| a spare writing style 简洁的写作风格 |
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| - | be going spare BRITISH spoken
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| used for saying that something is available for someone if they want it |
| 可用 |
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| Can I borrow these books if they’ re going spare? 如果这些书没人用我可以借吗？ |
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| - | go spare BRITISH informal
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| to get extremely angry |
| 极为生气 |
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| Trevor went spare when he saw me with another man. 特雷弗看到我和另一个男人在一起时极为恼火。 |
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