spell out
US
UK spell [sth] out, spell out [sth] vtr phrasal sep: (say how to write: a word)
SC 口头拼出
TC 口頭拼出
TC 口頭拼出
Please spell your name out for me. Is it "s-m-i-t-h" or "s-m-y-t-h-e"?
麻烦口头拼出你的名字。是“s-m-i-t-h”还是“s-m-y-t-h-e”？
spell [sth] out, spell out [sth] vtr phrasal sep: (form: a word)
SC 拼出
SC 拼写出 pīn xiě chū
The child proudly read the word by spelling it out: "C-A-T... Cat!".
“C-A-T, Cat!”那个孩子自豪地拼出了那个单词。
spell [sth] out, spell out [sth] vtr phrasal sep: figurative (say explicitly)
SC 解释清楚 jiě shì qīng chǔ
TC 解釋清楚
TC 解釋清楚
SC 说明白 jiě shì qīng chǔ，shuō míng bái
I had to spell out exactly how to do his job for him.
我必须详细地为他解释清楚如何做他的工作。
without having to spell things out adv: informal (implicitly, tacitly)
SC 不必解释 bú bì jiě shì
TC 不必解釋
TC 不必解釋
I hope that you'll accept what I say without my having to spell things out.