spur
英 [spɜː]
美[spɝ]
- 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
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。
英英释意
- 1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
- "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- 2. any pointed projection
- 3. tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- 4. a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward;
- "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
- 5. a railway line connected to a trunk line
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."
考试真题
- Leah's growth spurred her to open her second studio—and it wasn't for the money.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- By raising relative demand for clean energy sources, a carbon price would also help align the market return to clean-energy innovation with its social return, spurring the refinement of existing technologies and the development of new ones.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- And it would raise the demand for technologies such as carbon capture and storage, spurring their further development.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- As a poet, Ted Hughes had an acute sensitivity to the way in which constraints on self-expression, like the disciplines of metre and rhyme (韵律), spur creative thought
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
词组搭配
on the spur of the moment
on a momentary impulse; without premeditation
一时冲动之下；未加仔细考虑地
put (或set) spurs to
use one's spurs to urge on (a horse)
用踢马刺驱（马）前进
实用场景例句
- His speech was a powerful spur to action.
- 他的讲话很有鼓动力。
牛津词典
- I phoned him up on the spur of the moment.
- 我一时心动，给他打了电话。
牛津词典
- a spur-of-the-moment decision
- 心血来潮的决定
牛津词典
- Her difficult childhood spurred her on to succeed.
- 她艰辛的童年激励她取得成功。
牛津词典
- I was spurred into action by the letter.
- 那封信激励我行动起来。
牛津词典
- The band has been spurred on by the success of their last single.
- 最近一张单曲唱片的成功使乐队受到鼓舞。
牛津词典
- The agreement is essential to spurring economic growth around the world.
- 这项协议对于促进世界经济的增长是至关重要的。
牛津词典
- It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats...
- 是金钱驱使这些渔民驾着破旧小船冒险出海远航。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part.
- 朋友的困境促使他投身参与。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth...
- 政府可能会更加重视推动经济增长。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a belief in competition as a spur to efficiency...
- 认为竞争会促进效率的信念
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They admitted they had taken a vehicle on the spur of the moment...
- 他们承认是一时冲动偷走了一辆车。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.
- 年轻的指挥家们在小乐队或小歌剧院里崭露头角。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The cooperation between CPC and NGOs make a concerted effort to spur the society to develop.
- 中国共产党与民间组织的互动有利于形成“历史合力”,推动社会向前发展.
期刊摘选
- Can it be as painful as the spur of a fighting cock in one's heel?
- 它痛起来跟斗鸡脚上装的距铁刺扎进人的脚后跟时一样厉害 吗 ?
英汉文学 - 老人与海
- Kerouac characters live as simply as possible , and on the spur of the moment.
- 凯鲁亚克笔下的人物生活简单, 行动随便.
辞典例句
- There are many ways you can place small successes earlier on to spur motivation later.
- 其实你可以有很多种方法把原先各次的小成功累置起来激发新的动力.
期刊摘选
- International competition is a spur to modernization.
- 国际间的竞争是走向现代化的动力.
《简明英汉词典》
- Surgical upon recent anatomic studies of the periprostatic neuroanatomy continue to spur both advances and debate.
- 手术径路给予最近前列腺周神经解剖学的解剖研究,研究会在将来有所进展并引起相关讨论.
期刊摘选
- This exchange might then spur on agricultural production.
- 有了交换,就可以刺激农业生产的发展.
期刊摘选
- As a nation and as a people, we began borrowing and spending to spur the economy.
- 无论是从国家还是人民, 我们都开始贷款消费以刺激经济恢复.
期刊摘选
- The advantages of the spur gears with cold extrusion metal cutting working production are illustrated.
- 采用冷挤压成形工艺方法,能生产出各种尺寸、规格的深圆锥形管件.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》