spell

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spell作“拼寫,拼讀”解時(shí),一般指拼寫單詞,即把單詞的字母逐個(gè)地讀或?qū)懗鰜?用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)接名詞或代詞作賓語。
spell也可作“招致,帶來”解,多指招致不好的結(jié)果,用作及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。

spell作名詞的意思是“著魔,中邪”,指被一種魔力所迷惑,引申可作“著迷”解,常用作單數(shù)名詞,與不定冠詞a連用。
spell還可作“連續(xù)不斷的一段時(shí)間”解,可用於表示天氣、疾病等持續(xù)的“一段時(shí)間”。可用作不可數(shù)名詞,也可用作可數(shù)名詞。

If the spirit of Caesar could be called up by some spell,I wonder what it would think of the present-day world.
如果愷撒的鬼魂可以用符咒召廻的話,我不知道它對儅今世界會有什麼看法。

(FORM WORDS) to form a word or words with the letters in the correct order
(RESULT) to cause something bad to happen in the future
(DO INSTEAD) to do something that someone else would usually be doing, especially in order to allow them to rest
(PERIOD) a period of time for which an activity or condition lasts continuously
(DO INSTEAD) a period when you do something that someone else would usually be doing, especially in order to allow them to rest
(MAGIC) spoken words that are thought to have magical power, or (the condition of being under) the influence or control of such words

When you spell a word, you write or speak each letter in the word in the correct order.
Spell out means the same as .
Someone who can spell knows the correct order of letters in words.
If something spells a particular outcome, often an unpleasant one, it suggests that this will be the result.
A spell of a particular type of weather or a particular activity is a short period of time during which this type of weather or activity occurs.
to take over from (a person) for an interval of time relieve temporarily
A spell is a situation in which events are controlled by a magical power.
a period or tour of duty after which one person or group relieves another
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