Spur
[ sp? ]
第2級(jí)
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n. 馬刺;激勵(lì)因素;支柱;（公路或鐵路的）支線;
vt. 策（馬）前進(jìn);（尤指用馬刺）策（馬）加速;鞭策;
vi. 策馬飛奔;急速前進(jìn);
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I just took the bus on the spur of the moment.
我是一時(shí)興起才跳上公共汽車的。
He spurred his players to fight harder.
他激勵(lì)他的球員更加努力地戰(zhàn)斗。
She went to London on the spur of the moment.
她一時(shí)興起就到倫敦去了.
Bildad had halted upon the shoulder of the first mountain spur.
比爾達(dá)把馬車停在第一道山脊的隆起部。
A spur of rock stuck out from the mountain.
山背上突起一個(gè)石脊。
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】※ sour-酸味,spur-刺激物:酸味刺激物
※ s-似“美女”,pur-拼音“仆人”:美女不斷激勵(lì)仆人
※ purse-錢包,spur-刺激:只有大家的錢包鼓起來了才能促進(jìn)消費(fèi)
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?? 牛津釋義
spur
n
1 either of a pair of sharp-toothed wheels or projecting points, worn on the heels of a rider's boots and used to make a horse go faster 馬刺
a pair of spurs 一副馬刺.
2 (fig 比喻) ~ (to sth) thing that urges a person on to greater activity; incentive 激勵(lì)因素; 刺激; 鞭策
the spur of poverty 窮則思變
a spur to greater efficiency 提高效率的刺激因素.
3 thing shaped like a spur, esp the sharp hard projection on the back of a cock's leg 馬刺狀物; （尤指）雄雞腿上的距.
4 ridge extending from a mountain or hill 山嘴; 支脈; 橫嶺.
5 road or railway track that branches off the main road or line （公路或鐵路的）支線
[attrib 作定語]
a `spur road 岔道兒.
6 (idm 習(xí)語) on the ,spur of the `moment on a sudden impulse, without previous planning 一時(shí)沖動(dòng)之下（未經(jīng)仔細(xì)考慮）
She went to London on the spur of the moment. 她一時(shí)興起就到倫敦去了.
[attrib 作定語]
a ,spur-of-the-moment i`dea 心血來潮的主意. win one's `spurs => win. spur, v (-rr-)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p, Tnt]
~ sb/sth (on to sth/on)
(a) make (one's horse) go faster by pricking it with spurs 以馬刺策（馬）前進(jìn).
(b) strongly encourage sb/sth to do better, achieve more, etc; incite or stimulate sb/sth 激勵(lì)或刺激某人[某事物]
The magnificent goal spurred the team on to victory. 他們那一球進(jìn)得漂亮, 鼓舞了全隊(duì)的士氣奪取勝利.
He was spurred on by ambition. 他胸懷大志.
2 [Ip] (arch 古) ride fast or hard 騎馬疾馳; 馳驅(qū)
The rider spurred on/forward to his destination. 騎者向目的地疾馳而去. spurred adj [usu pred 通常作表語]
having spurs; fitted with spurs 有馬刺; 裝有馬刺
booted and spurred 穿著帶馬刺的靴子
spurred boots 裝有馬刺的靴子.
?? 考研助記
馬刺（諧音):NBA的馬刺隊(duì)即spur 專家(sp)用杯子(u)里的肉(r)來 刺激我
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[sp?:]n. 馬刺, 刺激物, 鼓舞vt. 刺激, 激勵(lì), 用馬刺策(馬)前進(jìn)vi. 用馬刺驅(qū)馬, 疾馳【化】 徑跡; 刺點(diǎn); 刺跡【醫(yī)】 骨刺, 骨距; 金屬突出片; 刺(牙)【經(jīng)】 馬刺; 鼓勵(lì)相關(guān)詞組: on the spur of the moment
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Next Friday? Why, what's happening? I'm going away for the weekend.
下星期五？嗨，到底有什么事情？我要外出度周末。
On his arrival he was sold to a farmer and worked in the fields.
一到美國(guó)，他就被賣給了一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)主，到地里干活。
It almost looks as if someone has drawn it.
看起來好像這只鹿是畫上去似的。”