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    spur

    • IPA[spəː]

    英式

    • n.
      a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.；a horny spike on the back of the leg of a cock or male game bird, used in fighting.
    • v.
      urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides；give an incentive or encouragement to (someone)

    • verb: spur, 3rd person present: spurs, gerund or present participle: spurring, past tense: spurred, past participle: spurred

    • noun: spur, plural noun: spurs

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    名詞

    • 1. a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
    • ▪ a horny spike on the back of the leg of a cock or male game bird, used in fighting.
    • ▪ a steel point fastened to the leg of a gamecock.
    • 2. a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive wars act as a spur to practical invention 同義詞 stimulus, incentive, encouragement, stimulant, stimulation, ... 更多反義詞 disincentive, discouragement
    • 3. a projection from a mountain or mountain range it's an easy walk up the spur that leads to the summit
    • ▪ a short branch road or railway line.
    • ▪ a slender tubular projection from the base of a flower, e.g. a honeysuckle or orchid, typically containing nectar.
    • ▪ a short fruit-bearing side shoot.
    • ▪ a short pointed growth or process on a part of the body.
    • 4. a small, single-pointed support for ceramic ware in a kiln.

    動詞

    • 1. urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides she spurred her horse towards the hedge
    • 2. give an incentive or encouragement to (someone) her sons' passion for computer games spurred her on to set up a software business
    • ▪ promote the development of; stimulate governments cut interest rates to spur demand
    • 3. prune in (a side shoot of a plant) so as to form a spur close to the stem spur back the lateral shoots

    spurred

    • adj.
      (of a rider or their boots) having a spiked device on the heels for urging a horse forward: two young men appeared booted and spurred the clank of spurred boots

    Oxford Dictionary

    spurred

    • adj.
      (of a rider or their boots) having a spiked device on the heels for urging a horse forward: two young men appeared booted and spurred the clank of spurred boots

    Oxford American Dictionary

    spur wheel

    • n.
      another term for spur gear

    Oxford American Dictionary

    spur gear

    • n.
      a gearwheel with teeth projecting parallel to the wheel's axis.

    Oxford American Dictionary

    spur wheel

    • n.
      another term for spur gear

    Oxford Dictionary

    spur gear

    • n.
      a gearwheel with teeth projecting parallel to the wheel's axis.

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    spur-dog

    • n.
      a large white-spotted grey dogfish with venomous spines in front of the dorsal fins. It occurs ...

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    spur royal

    • n.
      a gold coin worth fifteen shillings, made chiefly in the reign of James I and bearing a ...

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    spur

    • IPA[spər]

    美式

    • n.
      a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for ...
    • v.
      urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides: she spurred her horse towards the hedge

    Oxford American Dictionary