1period of time一段時間ADJECTIVE | VERB + SPELL | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤lengthy, long, prolonged很長的一段時間▸➤brief, short短的時段▸➤five-minute, ten-day, etc. (especially BrE) * 5 分鐘、10 天等的時間▸➤good稱心的時期▸➤bad倒霉的時期◇He's going through a bit of a bad spell at the moment.他這段時間有點兒倒霉。➤quiet安靜的一段時間▸➤barren, lean (both especially BrE) 一無所獲的/不景氣的時期◇Viera ended his barren spell with a goal against Parma.維埃拉一球洞穿帕爾瑪隊大門,終於結束了他的進球荒。➤cold, dry, hot, mild, sunny, warm, wet一段寒冷的/乾燥的/炎熱的/溫和的/陽光明媚的/溫暖的/多雨的日子➤dizzy, fainting一陣頭昏/暈眩◇The children began having dizzy spells from hunger.孩子們餓得開始一陣陣暈眩。VERB + SPELL➤go through, have經歷⋯時期PREPOSITION➤during a... spell在一段⋯時間內◇She managed to write a letter during a quiet spell at work.她趁上班時一段清靜的時間寫了封信。➤spell as (especially BrE) 作為⋯的時期◇He had a brief spell as ambassador to Turkey.他曾有很短一段時期擔任駐土耳其大使。PHRASES➤a spell of ... weather (especially BrE) 一段⋯天氣◇a spell of sunny weather一段陽光燦爛的時間spell
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2magical effect魔法效力ADJECTIVE | VERB + SPELL | SPELL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤magic, magical魔咒▸➤powerful強大的咒語▸➤hypnotic催眠咒語◇the hypnotic spell of the cicadas singing in the trees林間的蟬鳴所具有的催眠魔力VERB + SPELL➤be under, come under, fall under受咒語控制▸➤cast, perform, put, weave施咒◇The witch cast a spell on them.女巫對他們施了咒。◇This place had woven its spell over them.這個地方對他們施了咒。➤break, remove解除咒語◇She uttered the magic word, and the spell was broken.她說出咒語,魔法解除了。SPELL + NOUN➤book魔法書PREPOSITION➤under a/the spell受咒語控制◇Sleeping Beauty was under a spell when the prince found her.王子發現睡美人時,她中了魔法。➤under sb's spell被某人迷住◇The audience was completely under his spell.觀眾們完全被他迷住了。spell
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤correctly, right拼寫正確▸➤wrongly拼寫錯誤➤backwards/backward倒着拼寫◇'Nevaeh' is 'heaven' spelled backwards / backward.heaven 倒着拼便是 nevaeh。PREPOSITION➤as拼寫為⋯◇The article spelled 'survey' as 'servay'.這篇文章把 survey 拼成了 servay。➤with用⋯拼寫◇Is 'necessary' spelled with one 's', or two?necessary 這個詞是一個 s 還是兩個 s?spell
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●spell sth outADVERB➤clearly清楚地說出▸➤explicitly, fully, in detail明確地/完整地/詳細地說出▸➤exactly, precisely確切地/準確地說出◇She spelled out precisely what she wanted.她確切地說出了她想要什麼。VERB + SPELL OUT➤have to, need to不得不/需要說明白PREPOSITION➤for向⋯說清楚⋯◇Do I really have to spell it out for you?我真的需要對你詳細解釋這件事嗎?➤to對⋯清楚地說明⋯◇His speech spelled out a clear message to the car industry.他的講話向汽車業傳達了一個明確的信息。