| [/spɔt; spɑt/] n 用法:
1 small (usu round) mark different in colour, texture, etc from the surface it is on 斑点（通常指圆的）:
a white skirt with red spots 白底红点儿的裙子 *
Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger? 豹跟虎哪一个身上有斑点? 用法:
2 roundish mark or stain 圆形的斑点或污迹:
spots of mud on your trousers 你裤子上的泥斑. 用法:
3 small red mark or blemish on the skin, caused by illness, etc; pimple （皮肤上由於疾病而起的）红斑, 红疙瘩; 丘疹:
a teenage boy worried about his spots, ie acne 因出粉刺而烦恼的十几岁的男青年 *
She had chicken-pox and was covered in spots. 她得了水痘, 出了一身丘疹. 用法:
4 (a) particular place or area 地点; 场所:
a nice picnic spot/spot for a picnic 野餐的好去处 *
a well-known beauty spot, ie a place well-known for its natural beauty 风景胜地 *
stand rooted to the spot, ie not moving 站在原处不动 *
This is the (very) spot where he was murdered. 他就是在这儿遭谋杀的. *
There are several weak spots in your argument. 你的论点中有几处经不起推敲.
(b) (infml) place of entertainment 娱乐场所:
a popular night spot 很受欢迎的夜总会. 用法:
5 drop 滴:
Did you feel a few spots of rain? 下了几滴雨, 你感觉到了吗? 用法:
6 place for an individual item of entertainment, esp a short regular one, in a television, radio or theatre show （插入电视、 电台或戏院节目中的）节目档（尤指短小、 固定的）:
a ten-minute guest spot on a radio programme 电台某节目中的十分钟特约贵宾固定栏目 *
She has a regular cabaret spot at a local night-club. 她在当地一家夜总会有她固定的歌舞节目档. 用法:
7 (usu sing 通常作单数) ~ of sth (Brit infml) small amount of sth 少量的某事物:
Are you ready for a spot of lunch? 你想吃点儿午饭吗? *
What about doing a spot of work? 做点儿事怎麽样? *
You seem to be having a spot of bother with your car can I help? 看来你的汽车有点让你伤脑筋了--要我帮忙吗? 用法:
8 (fig 比喻) flaw in a person's character; moral blemish 性格上的缺陷; 品行上的污点:
There isn't a spot on her reputation. 她的声誉没有半点瑕疵. 用法:
9 (infml) = spotlight. 用法:
10 (US infml) playing-card or banknote of a particular (specified) value 某点数的纸牌; 某票面的钞票:
He passed me a ten spot. 他出给了我一张十点的牌. 用法:
11 (idm 习语) change one's spots => change1. have a soft spot for sb/sth => soft. a hot spot => hot. in a (tight) `spot (infml) in a difficult position or situation 处在困难的地位或环境中:
I'm in a bit of a spot financially. 我经济上有点困难. knock spots off sb/sth => knock2. on the `spot (a) immediately; without moving from that place; then and there 立即; 当场:
He was hit by a falling tree and killed on the spot. 一棵树倒下来, 把他当场砸死了.
(b) at the place where an event happened (esp when one is needed) 在现场, 到现场（尤指能提供帮助的人）:
The police were on the spot within a few minutes of my telephone call. 我打电话几分钟後警察就赶到了现场. *
Luckily there was a doctor on the spot. 幸亏当时有位医生在场. put sb on the `spot put a person in a difficult position; force sb to take action or justify himself 置某人於困境; 使某人为难; 迫使某人采取行动或进行辩解:
You've put me on the spot here I can't answer your question. 这你可把我难住了--你这个问题我答不上来. spot 2
v (-tt-) 用法:
1 [I, Tn, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用於被动语态] ~ sth (with sth) (cause sth to) become marked with a spot or spots （使某事物）有斑点或污点:
material that spots easily 容易沾上污斑的料子 *
a tablespotted with ink 墨迹斑斑的桌子. 用法:
2 [Tn, Tw, Tng, Cn.n/a] ~ sb/sth (as sth) (not in the continuous tenses 不用於进行时态) pick out (one person or thing from many); catch sight of; recognize; discover （从许多人或事物中）找出, 辨出, 认出（某人或某事物）; 瞥见; 发觉:
He finally spotted just the shirt he wanted. 他最後找到了他想要的衬衫. *
She spotted her friend in the crowd. 她在人群中认出了她的朋友. *
I can't spot the difference between them. 我看不出两者的区别. *
Can you spot the flaw in their argument? 你能指出他们论点中的谬误吗? *
spot the winner of a race, ie pick out the winner before the race starts 预先料到赛跑的获胜者 *
I soon spotted what to do. 我很快就知道该怎麽办了. *
He was spotted by police boarding a plane for Paris. 他登上飞往巴黎的飞机时被警方认出. *
She has been spotted as a likely tennis star of the future. 她很有希望成为网球明星. 用法:
3 [I, Ipr] (Brit infml) (used with it 与it连用) rain slightly; spit 下小雨:
It's beginning to spot. 开始下小雨了. *
It's spotting with rain. 正在下小雨. spotted adj marked or covered with spots 有斑点的; 满是斑点的:
a spotted dog 身上有花斑的狗 *
a spotted dress 带花点儿的连衣裙. spotted `dick (Brit) suet pudding containing currants 葡萄乾板油布丁. |