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| 1 | T to know the letters of a word in the correct order 拼写 |
| Can you spell the word ‘beautiful’ ? 你会拼写beautiful 这个词吗？ |
| | 1a | T to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order 拼写；拼出 | | You’ ve spelt my name wrong. 你把我的名字拼错了。 | |
| | 1b | I to have a good knowledge of the way words are written 拼写 | | Her writing is neat, but she can’ t spell. 她的书写很工整，但她不会拼写。 | |
| | 1c | T if a series of letters spells a word , they make that word . This is usually used by children and teachers （字母）拼成（某词）（该词通常为儿童和教师使用） | | L-O-V-E spells ‘love’ . 拼成love 一词。 | |
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| 2 | T to show that something is going to happen , usually something bad 意味着（通常是不好的事） |
| The news spelled the death of the US car industry. 这条新闻意味着美国汽车产业的灭亡。 |
| spell disaster/trouble There’ s a determined look about him which can only spell trouble for his rivals. 他脸上有种只会让他的对手感到头疼的坚毅的神情。 |
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| 3 | T AMERICAN informal to do someone’ s work for a short time , so that they can rest 暂时代替（某人） |
| I’ d better go spell Mitch for a couple of hours. 我最好代替米奇几个小时。 |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌspell ˈout |
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| 1 | to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order 正确地拼出 |
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| 2 | informal to say or explain something clearly 清楚地讲出（或解释） | spell sth out to/for sb It’ s frustrating when you have to spell everything out for them. 你不得不给他们讲清所有的事情，这是很讨厌的。 | |
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