spur
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美[sp?]
- n. 鼓舞，刺激；马刺；山坡
- vi. 骑马疾驰；给予刺激
- vt. 激励，鞭策；给…装踢马刺
- n. (Spur)人名；(意)斯普尔；(德)施普尔
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词态变化
复数:?spurs;第三人称单数:?spurs;过去式:?spurred;过去分词:?spurred;现在分词:?spurring;
助记提示
【记法】谐音：屎泼?
【联想】拿屎去泼人家，刺激不了对方才怪呢
2. 谐音“死拨”----总是用棍子去挑拨、拨弄人家，你这不是刺激人家，找抽吗？
3. NBA: 圣安东尼奥马刺队
【联想】拿屎去泼人家，刺激不了对方才怪呢
2. 谐音“死拨”----总是用棍子去挑拨、拨弄人家，你这不是刺激人家，找抽吗？
3. NBA: 圣安东尼奥马刺队
中文词源
spur 马刺，靴刺，刺激，鼓舞
来自古英语 spura,马刺，靴刺，来自 Proto-Germanic*spuron,靴刺，来自 PIE*spere,脚踝，踢， 词源同 spoor,spurn.引申词义刺激，鼓舞。
英文词源
- spur
- spur: [OE] Spur goes back ultimately to Indo- European *sper- ‘hit with the foot, kick’ (source also of English spurn [OE], which originally meant literally ‘hit with the foot, trip over’). From it was descended the prehistoric Germanic noun *spuron, which produced German sporn ‘spur’, Dutch spoor ‘track’ (source of English spoor [19]), and Swedish sporre ‘spur’ as well as English spur.
=> spoor, spurn - spur (n.)
- Old English spura, spora "metal implement worn on the heel to goad a horse" (related to spurnan "to kick"), from Proto-Germanic *spuron (cognates: Old Norse spori, Middle Dutch spore, Dutch spoor, Old High German sporo, German Sporn "spur"), from PIE *spere- "ankle" (see spurn). Related to Dutch spoor, Old English spor "track, footprint, trace."
Generalized sense of "anything that urges on, stimulus," is from late 14c. As a sharp projection on the leg of a cock, from 1540s. Meaning "a ridge projecting off a mountain mass" is recorded from 1650s. Of railway lines from 1837. "Widely extended senses ... are characteristic of a horsey race" [Weekley]. Expression on the spur of the moment (1801) preserves archaic phrase on the spur "in great haste" (1520s). To win one's spurs is to gain knighthood by some valorous act, gilded spurs being the distinctive mark of a knight. - spur (v.)
- c. 1200, from spur (n.). Figurative use from c. 1500. Related: Spurred; spurring. Old English had spyrian, but it meant "follow the track of, track down, investigate."
双语例句
- 1. The trade pacts will spur an exodus of US businesses to Mexico.
- 这些贸易协定将会促使大批美国企业涌向墨西哥。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. We discussed it in detail beforehand.
- 这可不是头脑一热作出的决定。我们事先仔细地讨论过。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers.
- 裁员促使很多人开始从事新事业。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. His speech was a powerful spur to action.
- 他的讲话很有鼓动力。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Even a small success would spur me on to greater effort.
- 哪怕是微小的成功也会促使我做出更大的努力.
来自《简明英汉词典》