Spur
[ spɝ ]
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n. 马刺;激励因素;支柱;（公路或铁路的）支线;
vt. 策（马）前进;（尤指用马刺）策（马）加速;鞭策;
vi. 策马飞奔;急速前进;
📝 例句
I just took the bus on the spur of the moment.
我是一时兴起才跳上公共汽车的。
He spurred his players to fight harder.
他激励他的球员更加努力地战斗。
She went to London on the spur of the moment.
她一时兴起就到伦敦去了.
Bildad had halted upon the shoulder of the first mountain spur.
比尔达把马车停在第一道山脊的隆起部。
A spur of rock stuck out from the mountain.
山背上突起一个石脊。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ sour-酸味,spur-刺激物:酸味刺激物
※ s-似“美女”,pur-拼音“仆人”:美女不断激励仆人
※ purse-钱包,spur-刺激:只有大家的钱包鼓起来了才能促进消费
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
spur
n
1 either of a pair of sharp-toothed wheels or projecting points, worn on the heels of a rider's boots and used to make a horse go faster 马刺
a pair of spurs 一副马刺.
2 (fig 比喻) ~ (to sth) thing that urges a person on to greater activity; incentive 激励因素; 刺激; 鞭策
the spur of poverty 穷则思变
a spur to greater efficiency 提高效率的刺激因素.
3 thing shaped like a spur, esp the sharp hard projection on the back of a cock's leg 马刺状物; （尤指）雄鸡腿上的距.
4 ridge extending from a mountain or hill 山嘴; 支脉; 横岭.
5 road or railway track that branches off the main road or line （公路或铁路的）支线
[attrib 作定语]
a `spur road 岔道儿.
6 (idm 习语) on the ,spur of the `moment on a sudden impulse, without previous planning 一时冲动之下（未经仔细考虑）
She went to London on the spur of the moment. 她一时兴起就到伦敦去了.
[attrib 作定语]
a ,spur-of-the-moment i`dea 心血来潮的主意. win one's `spurs => win. spur, v (-rr-)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p, Tnt]
~ sb/sth (on to sth/on)
(a) make (one's horse) go faster by pricking it with spurs 以马刺策（马）前进.
(b) strongly encourage sb/sth to do better, achieve more, etc; incite or stimulate sb/sth 激励或刺激某人[某事物]
The magnificent goal spurred the team on to victory. 他们那一球进得漂亮, 鼓舞了全队的士气夺取胜利.
He was spurred on by ambition. 他胸怀大志.
2 [Ip] (arch 古) ride fast or hard 骑马疾驰; 驰驱
The rider spurred on/forward to his destination. 骑者向目的地疾驰而去. spurred adj [usu pred 通常作表语]
having spurs; fitted with spurs 有马刺; 装有马刺
booted and spurred 穿著带马刺的靴子
spurred boots 装有马刺的靴子.
🎯 考研助记
马刺（谐音):NBA的马刺队即spur 专家(sp)用杯子(u)里的肉(r)来 刺激我
🔁 扩展释义
*[spә:]n. 马刺, 刺激物, 鼓舞vt. 刺激, 激励, 用马刺策(马)前进vi. 用马刺驱马, 疾驰【化】 径迹; 刺点; 刺迹【医】 骨刺, 骨距; 金属突出片; 刺(牙)【经】 马刺; 鼓励相关词组: on the spur of the moment
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In this way Native Americans were forced onto poor land that the settlers did not want.
就这样，美洲土著人被赶到殖民者所不要的贫瘠的土地上去了。
Offices cannot work properly without certain important pieces of equipment.
如果办公室没有配备一些重要的设备，人们就不能很好地工作。
Another part of me wanted this moment to continue for ever.
我还有另一个想法，就是希望此时能永远持续下去。