before their fans could get
near them. Mfa,
spirited /'spiritid/ adj. [usually
before noun] full of energy, determination or courage ff # tS i$t M ; M 7 M; USM: a spirited
young woman f Oo spirited discussion O She
put up a spirited defence in the final game, ^ t£ if T itt
— compare dispirited — see also high-spirited,
public-spirited ► spir it ed ly adv.
'spirit lamp noun a lamp that uses methylated spirit as fuel if If 7
spiritless /'spiritlas/ adj. {formal)
without energy, enthusiasm or determination ift 7 H M ; ft: M fT
A
M; ititM;
iJWBM
'spirit level (also level)
noun a glass tube partly filled with
liquid, with a bubble of air inside. Spirit levels are used to test whether a
surface is level, by the position of the bubble. (
spiritual Ow /'spiritfual/
adj., noun
m adj. [usually before noun] 1 connected with the human spirit, rather than the
body or physical things ^ M;
& M : a spiritual experience A A ff o spiritual development 0 a lack of spiritual values in
the modern world M ft 1ft W ft
f/Ml M A 0 We’re concerned about your spiritual welfare. AinffiTTMA JSttH^o rrnra material 2 connected with religion tfi: a spiritual leader —compare temporal
(1)
► spir itu al ly /-tjuali/ adv.: a spiritually
uplifting book $jj )f$ if (A
M 7 ITiTOI your .spiritual
'home the place
where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more
than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the
people who live there £ ft $ iAM #1 T Hk A; In
m noun (also .Negro spiritual) a religious song of the type
originally sung by black slaves in
(AfuM,
iUMSIAWI)
spiritu
al ism /'spiritjualizam/
noun [u] the belief
that people who have died can send messages to living people, usually through a
medium (= a person who has special powers) Jgs&i#, MAv( iAAft
spiritu al ist /'spiritjualist/ noun a
person who believes that people who have died can send messages to living
people ffAfS^MMA
spiritu al ity /.spirit Ju'aelati/ noun [u] the quality
of being concerned with religion or the human spirit
tti.
Jltt
spirit ual ized (BrE also -ised) /'spiritjualaizd/ adj.
(formal) raised to a spiritual level ft#
ffcM: She tends to have
intense, spiritualized friendships.
M£J3I&S&»1#ira<£o
spit /spit/ verb, noun
m verb (spit-ting, spat, spat /spaet/) liHlJ
Spit is also sometimes used for the past tense and past participle, especially
in NAmE. spit,
A
►
FROM MOUTH Ektyf fi 1 [VN] ~ sth (out) to force liquid,
food, etc. out of your
mouth n±, n# ( ) :
She took a mouthful of food and then suddenly spat it
but. MbA T —P /±5
A* 0 He was
spitting blood from a badly
cut lip. fife Rf JH $f# A S , jE
A # iffe tti il o 2
[V] ~
(at/on
sb/sth) to
force saliva (= the liquid that
is produced in the mouth) out of your mouth, often as a sign of anger or lack
of respect nf n§ 'A ( )
: He coughed and spat. ffeng
b$; — A of 7 P Mo 0 The
prisoners were spat on by their guards. #±Ht®§iAo
0 She spat in
his face and went out. ItfcjTTRf T — IV,
►
SAY STH ANGRILY tm ,7 ffti iv. 3 to say sth in an angry or
aggressive way 35 -A: [V speech] ‘You liar!’ she
spat.
“fulfill ” 0 [VN] He
was dragged out of the
court, spitting abuse at
the judge and jury, ftk W ffl i£
OF AN
ANIMAL ifoty} 4 [V] to make a short angry sound
( 1$L 35 H
) M nf nf p : Snakes spit
and hiss when they are cornered. Bf
►
OF STH COOKING/BURNING M & / 1& Ml ft W 5 M to
make a noise and throw out
fat,
rft;
►
RAIN i 6 [V]
(informal) (only used in the
progressive tenses fX A Jtt fr
N-) when it is spitting, it is raining lightly TAM
iron .spit it 'out (informal) usually used in
orders to tell sb to say sth when they seem frightened or unwilling to speak
^T-SrSt#; Wff A/AfH&T A: If you’ve got something to say, spit it out! Wft* Al spit
venom/' blood to show that you are very angry; to speak in an angry
way & H 7+ A ; within
spitting distance (of sth) (BrE) (also within shouting distance NAmE, BrE) (informal) very close fg
.spit
'up {NAmE,
informal) (especially of a baby
A fa W ) L) to vomit
(= bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth) Rgn±
.... noun
►
IN/FROM MOUTH ( iA l Bf T 1 [U] the liquid that
is produced in your mouth Bf ; ttftfA cm saliva 2 [C. usually
sing.]
the act of spitting liquid or food out of your mouth i^R§'#c; n±H;
►
PIECE OF LAND J& $ flii 3 [C] a long thin
piece of land that sticks out into the sea/ocean, a lake, etc. ^; A'Bf
►
FOR COOKING MEAT 4 [C] a long thin
straight piece of metal that you put through meat to hold and turn it while you
cook it over a fire
IfiTOI .spit and 'polish {informal) thorough cleaning and
polishing of sth %}
Spite
CHw /spait/
noun, verb
m noun [U] a feeling of wanting
to hurt or upset sb MM', 2§ffi
cm malice : I’m
sure he only said it out of spite.
iron in spite of
sth
if
you say that sb did sth in spite of a fact, you mean it is surprising that
that fact did not prevent them from doing it 7H; Ei771 despite: In
spite
of his age, he still leads an active life. Q
iS], ffe
$c 10 M Ir —
# tt ^ M 4 tS #' o They went
swimming in spite of all the danger signs, fifeT J M
n- W • IS ft
A 7 ol 0 English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese,
MiS-Wo in ’spite of yourself if you do sth in spite of yourself, you do it although you
did not intend or expect to^igift: He fell asleep, in spite of
himself. 7o
m verb [VN] (only used in the
infinitive with to {X T T T to MTaeAT) to
deliberately annoy or upset sb ft<j; : They’re
playing the music so loud just
to spite us. ftfl]jGi ITSTTil see nose n.
spiteful /'spaitfl/ adj. behaving in an unkind
way in order to hurt or upset sb M; M A'T It M ; ikM f£ A:S:<® M BQjO malicious ► spite ful ly /-fali/ adv.:
‘I
don’t need you,’ she said spitefully. “7totlcffc0 ” spite-ful-ness
noun [U]
spit-roast /‘spit raust; NAmE roost/ verb [VN] to cook meat on a
spit n.{4) M )
.spitting
image noun fTSTOl be the spitting image of
sb to
look exactly like sb else fq ^ AT U
— II — If-: She’s
the spitting image of her mother. M T % IS fKl M M
spit-tie
/'spitl/
noun [U] (old-fashioned) the liquid that forms
in the mouth 0 /Jc cm saliva, spit spit-toon /spi'tuin/ noun a container, used
especially in the past, for people to spit
into 'Mjfc spiv /spiv/ noun {old-fashioned, BrE, slang,
disapproving) a man who makes his money by being
dishonest in business, especially one who dresses in a way that makes people
believe he is rich and successful splash /splaeJV verb, noun
m verb 1 [V +adv./prep.] (of
liquid ?${£) to fall noisily onto a
surface iAM; Water
splashed onto the floor. 7jc # M — P it ffi A