Spell

(noun.) a verbal formula believed to have magical force; 'he whispered a spell as he moved his hands'; 'inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese'.

(verb.) take turns working; 'the workers spell every four hours'.

(verb.) indicate or signify; 'I'm afraid this spells trouble!'.

(verb.) orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; 'How do you spell this word?' 'We had to spell out our names for the police officer'.

(verb.) place under a spell.

(verb.) write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); 'He spelled the word wrong in this letter'.

(verb.) relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; 'She spelled her husband at the wheel'.

录入:保拉

• I sat gazing at him, spell-bound. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• All this time, as if a spell were on him, he was motionless and powerless, except to watch her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• And this is another spell against which the shedder of blood for ever strives in vain. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• How do you spell Gargery, Joe? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The spell lies in two words, replied Wamba--'Pax vobiscum' will answer all queries. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• His faculties seemed tranced, and he was still groping for the word to break the spell. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• A task too strong for wizard spells This squire had brought about; 'T is easy dropping stones in wells, But who shall get them out? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It is probable that the warm spells have been long relatively to the cold ages. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Its history and its associations are its chiefest charm, in any eyes, and the spells they weave are feeble in the searching light of the sun. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But in this respect he is singularly free, and his spells of anger are really few. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Are the old stories true, and have my spells drawn you back to my side? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Beware the spells of Circe. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Tony, says Mr. Guppy, uncrossing and recrossing his legs, how do you suppose he spelt out that name of Hawdon? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He never spelt it out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The durum or macaroni wheats do especially well; but other varieties are also grown, as are oats, rye, barley and spelt. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then the bay tried me with a second word, much harder to be pronounced; but reducing it to the English orthography, may be spelt thus, _Houyhnhnm_. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Do you remember when you wrote to him to come on Twelfth-night, Emmy, and spelt twelfth without the f? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You may fancy my state when I read your poor dear old ill-spelt letter. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He took the letters that spelled the first word, and putting them in their proper order tied them together with a string. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• At length a veteran officer spelled it over deliberately and shook his head three or four times and said that in his opinion it was seditious. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• After spelling it out slowly, the man made it into a little roll, and tied it up in an end of his neckerchief still more slowly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Why, as to the spelling of it,' returned Mr Boffin, with great presence of mind, 'that's YOUR look out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The book had an alphabet in it, some figures and tables, and a little spelling,--that is to say, it had had once. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Zoroaster (the Greek spelling of the Iranian, Zarathustra), like Buddha, was an Aryan. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He never wrote to me without asking for money in his life, and all his letters are full of bad spelling, and dashes, and bad grammar. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The literary style is good, there are only a few trivial slips in spelling, and the appreciation is keen of what would be interesting news and gossip. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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