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verb [VN] 1 to copy a film/movie，television
programme, etc. in an amusing way by exaggerating its main features滑稽地模仿（电影、电视节目等）：ft is a movie that spoofs
other movies. j&Jl—
电影的影片。2 to send an email that
appears to come from sb else’s email address (冒用他人电邮地址）发送 电邮；发送仿真电邮；电邮欺骗：Someone has been spoq/i’ng my address.有人一直在冒用我的电邮地址发送
4邮。► spoof ing /70W/7 [U]
spook /spu:k/ noun, verb
unoun {informal) 1 a ghost 鬼：a castZe haunted by spoofcs
_ 鬼的城堡 2 (espec/‘fl//y a spy 间谍；特
工：aCMspoofc中央情报局特工
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verb {informal, especially
spooky /'spu:ki/
adj. (spook-ier,
spooki-est) You
can also use more spooky and most spooky.亦可用 more spooky 和 most
spooky 〇 (informal) strange and frightening怪异吓人的；阴森可命的H33 creepy: a spoo/g/1 oW
house 阴.森森的老房子 〇Z was just thinfcing
about her when she phoned. Spooky/ 我正在想她，她就 来电话了。你说怪不怪！
spool /spu:l/
noun, verb
• noun {especially NAm£) = reel n.{l)
： a spool of thread
—轴线
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verb [VN +adv./prep.] 1 to wind sth onto or off a spool 把…绕到线轴上（或从线轴上绕下来）2 [VN，V] {computing it) to move data and store it for a short time, for
example on a disk, especially before it is printed假脱机（尤指打印前出现的操作情况）
Sp〇〇n tHw /spurn/ noun, verb
m noun 1 a tool that has a handle with a shallow
bowl at the end, used for stirring，serving and eating food 勺； 匙；调 it:
a soup spoon 汤匙◊ a wooden spoon.木勺 —picture cutlery — see also dessertspoon,
GREASY SPOON, TABLESPOON, TEASPOON 2 = SPOONFUL ITCni see born v.
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verb [VN +adv./prep.] to lift and move food with a
spoon 用勺舀：She spooned the sauce over the chicken
pieces. 她用勺把沙司浇到鸡块上。
spoon-bill /'spuinbil/
noun a large bird with long
legs, a long neck and a beak that is wide and flat at the end
琵鹭
spoon-erism
/'spuinarizam/
noun a mistake in which you
change around the first sounds of two words by mistake when saying them, often
with a humorous result, for example well-boiled icicle for well-oiled bicycle 首音误置（说话时误把两个单词的首音掉换，常造成滑
稽效果）關Named after W.A. Spooner (1844- 1930), the head of New
College, Oxford, who was said to make many mistakes like this when he spoke•名称 源自斯普纳（W.A. Spooner )( 1844-1930 )。斯普纳曾 任牛津大学新学院院长，据说他在讲话中出现过许多首音
误置。
spoon-feed verb
[VN] 1 ~ sb (with sth) | ~ sth to sb
{disapproving) to teach people sth in a
way that gives them too much help and does not make them think for themselves 填鸭式—输；满堂灌：77ie students here do not expect to be spoon-/ed.这儿的学生不希望教师满堂
灌。◊ They had in/ormation spoon./ed to them.他们的 知识是以满堂灌的方式传授给他们的。2 to feed sb, especially a baby, with a
spoon 用勺喂（婴儿）.
spoon-ful /'spuinful/
(also spoon)
noun the amount that a spoon
can hold.-r勺（的量two spoonfuls of sugar两勺糖
spoor /spua(r);
NAmE spur/ noun [sing.] a track or smell that a wild
animal leaves as it travels (野兽走过留下
的）足迹I，嗅迹
spor-ad-ic /spa'raedik/
adj. happening only
occasionally or at intervals that are not regular 偶尔发生的；：间或4 现的；阵发性的；断断续续的H7T1 INTERMITTENT • sporadic
_f^hring/gim/iire/vfotence，etc.零星的战斗、
一阵一阵的炮火、间或发生的暴力事件等◊sporadic
outbreaks 〇/ the disease 那种疾病的偶尔爆发sp.or- ad-ic-aMy /-kli/ adv. ： She attended
lectures only
sporadicaHy.她只是偶尔听听课。◊ Fighting continued sporadicaHy /or two months.战斗断断续续地进行了俩
个月。
spore /spo:(r)/
noun
(biology
one of the very small cells that are produced by some plants and that develop
into new plants 孢子：Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means
oospores. $类植物、苔藓和真菌通过孢
子传播蔓生。
sporran /'sporan;
'sporran; 'spa:-/ noun a flat bag, usually
made of leather or fur, that is worn by men in front of the kilt as part of the Scottish national dress
毛皮袋（苏格兰男子民族服装的一部分，系在褶裥短
裙前）
Sport /sport; NAmE spoirt/ nown, verb
m noun 1 [U] (8rf) [NAmE sports [pi.]) activity that you
do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a
special area and according to fixed rules 体育运动：There are excellent
facilities for sport and recreation.有完善的体育娱乐设施。◊ 7’m not interested
sport•我知•体育运动木感 X—。 ◊ the use 〇/drugs 加sport禁药在侏W运动中巧使用2 [C] a
particular form of sport .(某项 > 体# 运身：Whafs your favourite sport?你最喜欢哪一祯抹育运动？ ◊
team/water sports 集体项目/水上运动◊ a sports dub体育运动俱乐部
—pictures
and vocabulary notes on pages R30, R31, R32 —see also blood sport, field sports, spectator sport, winter sports 3 [c] (AustmlE, NZE,
informal)
used as a friendly way of addressing sb, espe- ciallyaman (用作友好称呼，尤指对男子）朋友，老 兄，哥们儿：Good on you, sport/差兄，坪真行! 4 [U]
enjoyment or fun 乐趣；消遣；玩笑；逗乐： 77ie comments were onZy
made m sport.那些话只不g是 开个玩笑 〇◊ to mafce sport 〇/(= to joke about) sb/sth 棻A /某事的玩笑5 [C](加o/ogy生）a plant or an animal that is different in
a noticeable way from its usual type 芽变；突变；变种 IR?!! be a
(good) 'sport (/•/?/o/77Jfl乃 to be generous, cheerful
and pleasant, especially in a difficult situation (尤指在困境中） 并朗大 度，讲交情：She’s a good sport. W很讲交备。◊ Go on, be a sport (= used when asking sb to
help you)•来来 来，别不够朋友。
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verb 1 [VN] to have or wear sth
in a proud way 得意地 穿戴；秦示；故意显示wear： to sport a beard故 意讀着大胡子She was sporting a
T-shirt with the company’s Zogo on it.她穿了一件带有公司徽标的T恤 衫，很是得意。2 [V (//ferary) to play in a
happy and lively way开心活啟地玩；嬉戏
sport-ing
/'spoitir)； NAmE 'spoirtiq/ adj. 1 [only before noun]
connected with sports ^ W S ^ ： a major sporting event —range of sporting acriWties — 系列体育活动◊ ffis main
sporting interests are go〖/and tennis.他在株育方面主要爱好髙尔夫球和网
球。◊ (/S//Am£) a store seHfng sporting goods 经营体育用
品的商店 2
(es/?ec/fl//y 8r£) fair and generous in your treatment of
other people, especially in a game or sport 风格高的；有良好体育风尚的E33 UNSPORTING ”口❶代- ing
ly adv. ： He
sportingly agreed to play the point again.他风格髙，同意那一分重打。EiEI a ,sporting ■chance a reasonable chance of
success 比较有成功希 望的机会
'sports bar noun a bar where you can
watch sports on television while drinking运动M吧（可通过电舍收看体
育赛事）
'sports car (US also sport car) noun a low fast car, often
with a roof that can be folded back 跑车乂车身 低，顶蓬多可折叠）一picture o page Ri sports-cast /'spo:tska:st; NAmE 'spoirtskaest/ noun (NAm^) a television or radio
broadcast of sports news or a sports event (电视台或广播电台的.）体育节皆 sports-cast-er /'spo:tska:st8(r);
NAmE 'sporrtskaestar/ noun [NAm£) a person who introduces
and presents a sportscast (电视台或广播电台的）体育节目广播员，体
育比赛解说员
'sports centre noun
(Br£) a
building where the public can go to play many different kinds of sports, swim,
etc.体育中心（可进行多种体育活动）