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spells

/spɛlz/

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noun

咒语，符咒

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

Examples :

"He cast a spell to cure warts."

他念了一段咒语来治疣。

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noun

法术，咒语

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.

Examples :

"under a spell"

中了魔法

mythology supernatural religion curse

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noun

话语，言语，措辞

Speech, discourse.

Examples :

"The student listened intently to the professor's spells during the lecture. "

学生在讲座中全神贯注地听着教授的讲解。

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verb

着迷，迷惑，施魔法。

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Examples :

"The magician's performance completely spells the audience, leaving them in awe. "

魔术师的表演完全让观众着迷，使他们叹为观止。

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verb

逐字读，费力地读

To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

Examples :

"The tired student spells through the difficult textbook, trying to understand each word. "

疲惫的学生正逐字逐句地费力阅读那本难懂的教科书，努力理解每一个单词。

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verb

拼写，拼读

(sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

Examples :

"Please spell your name for me. "

请你把你的名字拼写给我听一下。

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verb

拼写，书写。

To be able to write or say the letters that form words.

Examples :

"My daughter is learning how to read and now she spells simple words like "cat" and "dog." "

我的女儿正在学习阅读，现在她会拼写简单的单词，比如“猫 (māo)”和“狗 (gǒu)”。

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verb

拼写，书写

Of letters: to compose (a word).

Examples :

"The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”."

字母“a”、“n”和“d”拼写成单词“and”。

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verb

详细解释, 阐明.

(with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.

Examples :

"Please spell it out for me."

请你为我详细解释一下。

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verb

预示，预言。

To indicate that (some event) will occur.

Examples :

"This spells trouble."

这预示着麻烦。

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构成，组成。

To constitute; to measure.

Examples :

"The added workload spells trouble for the team's deadline. "

增加的工作量意味着团队的截止日期要出问题了。

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verb

念，朗诵

To speak, to declaim.

Examples :

"The actor spells out the famous monologue with great emotion. "

这位演员饱含深情地念出了这段著名的独白。

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verb

讲述，叙述，说明。

To tell; to relate; to teach.

Examples :

"My grandmother often spells stories about her childhood. "

我奶奶经常讲述她童年的故事。

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noun

班次，轮班.

A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.

Examples :

""The night spells at the hospital are often short-staffed, so the nurses work very hard." "

医院的夜班班次常常人手不足，所以护士们工作非常辛苦。

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时间段，一段时间

A definite period (of work or other activity).

Examples :

""My brother does short spells of studying before taking breaks to play video games." "

我弟弟每次学习都是一小段时间，然后就休息玩游戏。

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一阵子，一段时间

An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.

Examples :

""After a short spell of rain, the sun came out." "

下了一阵小雨之后，太阳就出来了。

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noun

休息，休假

A period of rest; time off.

Examples :

"After working two weeks straight, I'm finally taking a few spells of time off to relax. "

连续工作两周后，我终于可以休息几天放松一下了。

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一阵，发作

A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.

Examples :

"The flu spells kept Sarah out of school for a week. "

流感一阵阵地发作，害得萨拉一个星期都没能去上学。

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noun

轮发，连续投球。

An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

Examples :

"The bowler delivered two long spells, tiring the batsmen with consistent accuracy. "

这位投球手连续投了两轮长球，用持续的精准度让击球手疲惫不堪。

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verb

代理，替代。

To work in place of (someone).

Examples :

"to spell the helmsman"

代理舵手

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让...休息，使...放松.

To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.

Examples :

"They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook."

他们让马匹休息，然后在小溪附近的树荫下休息。

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休息，歇息。

To rest from work for a time.

Examples :

""After working in the garden for two hours, I asked my brother to spell me so I could take a break." "

在花园里干了两个小时活儿后，我让弟弟来替我一下，好让我休息一下。

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noun

木刺，小木片。

A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.

Examples :

"After walking barefoot in the old shed, I had to carefully pull several spells from my foot. "

在光脚穿过旧棚屋后，我不得不小心地从脚上拔出好几根木刺。

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木棍，棒槌

The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

Examples :

"The old knurr and spell set was missing its spells, so we had to use a broom handle to hit the ball instead. "

那套旧的弹丸游戏少了木棍，所以我们不得不找了根扫帚把儿来代替击球。

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