'sports
day (Br£) {NAmE 'field day) noun a special day at school when there are no
classes and children compete in sports events (学校的）运动会 'sports jacket {NAmE also sport jacket) noun a man^ jacket for informal occasions, sometimes made of TWEED男式便服外套；粗花呢夹克
sports-man /'spoitsman; NAmE 'spoirts-/, sportswoman /'spoitswuman; NAmE 'spoirts-/ noun {pi. -men y-man/, -women /-wimin/) (especially Br£) a person who takes part in sport, especially sb
who is very good at it 运动员；体育运动爱好者；/(尤指）擅长体育运@者
HT?1 athlete ： a keen sportswoman 喜爱体育运动 的女丰◊ He is one 〇/ this country’s top pro/essionaZ sportsmen.他是本国的顶级职典运动员之一。 sports-manlike /'spoitsmanlaik;
NAmE
'spoirts-/ adj. behaving in a fair, generous and polite way,
especially when playing a sport or game有运动员风瘥的，有体W
精神的（多指体育比赛中光明磊落、有气度）：£1印0?^-
mcmWce attitude光明磊落、互相敬重谦让的态度
sports-man-ship
/'spoitsmanjip; NAmE'spoirts-/ noun[\J] fair,
generous and polite behaviour, especially when playing a sport or game运动员风范，体育精神（多指体 育比赛中光明磊落、有气度）
sports-person /'spo:tsp3：sn; NAmE 'spo:rtsp3：rsn/ noun {pi. -persons or -people) {especially BrE) a person who takes part in sport,
especially sb who is very good at it
运动员；体育运动爱好者r(尤指）擅长体育运动者
PffiT] ATHLETE
'sports
shirt (NAmE also 'sport shirt) noun a manJs shirt for informal occasions 男式运动衫 sports-wear /'spo:tswe9(r); NAmE 'spoirtswer/ noun [u]
1
[especially Br£) clothes that are worn
for playing
sports, or in informal situations 2 {especially
clothes that are worn in informal situations 便装 ,sport u'tility vehicle noun {abbr. SUV) {^specially
NAmC) a
type of large car, often with four-wheel
drive and made originally for travelling over rough ground运动型多功能车（四轮驱动、可在崎岖路段行驶） sporty /'spoiti; NAmE 'spoirti/ adj. (sport-ier, sporti-est) {informal) 1 {especially Br£) liking or good at sport (^擅长）体育运动釦：/’m not
very sporty.我不擅长祙
育运，动.。2 (of clothes 衣服）bright, attractive and
informal; looking suitable for wearing for sports 漂亮 i)巾气的；适合运动时穿着的：a sporty
cotton top漂亮jj巾 气的棉布上衣3 (of
cars汽车)fast and elegant车形优美 速度砍的：a sporty Mercedes —辆文快又靓的奔驰汽_ Spot CHt /spot; NAmE spa:t/ noun, verb, adj. mnoun
►
SMALL MARK 斑点：a1' 1 a small round area that
has a different colour or feels different from the surface it is on 斑点：Which has spots, the
leopard or the tiger? W 斑点的是豹还是虎?◊ TVie mate bird has a red spot on its
beafc•雄.4 橡上.有一个红，点。◊(汾£) She was wearing a Wacfc
sfcirt with w/u’te spots.她穿着一条黑底白点的裙
— see also beauty spot, sunspot o
note at dot
2
a small dirty mark on sth 污迹；污渍；脏点.：His jacket was covered with spots of mud.
点。◊ rust
spots 锈斑 o note at mark 3 [usually pi.] a small mark or lump on a
person’s skin, sometimes with a yellow head to it (皮肤上钧A兵疼，疱疹，粉刺；脓
疱：The baby's whole body was covered in small
red spots.
^时这孩子浑#布满/]、钍疙瘩。b (价£) teenagers worried about their spots ^1 ^ |iij M M W ^ #
—compare
pimple, rash /i. (1)，zit
►
PLACE %点 4 a particular area or place 地■点；场所；典
所：a quiet/seducfed/tondy,
etc. spot 宁备、僻静、偏 僻等..的’雄方◊ He'showed me the exact spot where
he had asfced her to marry him•他把他当时向她求Jtf的确切地点
指给芦看。—◊ s/ie
stood rooted to the spot with /ear f= unable to move)•她吓得呆若木鸿地站在那里。◊ a tourist spot —see also black
spot, blind
SPOT,
HOT SPOT, NIGHTSPOT, TROUBLE SPOT O .note at PLACE
SMALL AMOUNT 少 tt 5 [usually
sirrgj 〜of sth (阶f， /•/?/〇/7??的
a
small amount of sth 少量；.一点 Hn bit： He’s in a
spot 〇/ troubie.他遇到一点由烦。6 [usually pi.]
(of
sth) a
small amount of a liquid 几滴，.少许■(.液 体 > :j/dt a/ew spots
o/min.我磕觉掉雨▲了。
3
PART OF SHOW IS fJ H 7 a part of a television, radio, club or
theatre show that is given to a particular enter- tainer or type of
entertainment.(.电视、广播中或俱乐
部、剧院演出中y某演貞的tei定节目，某类节目的固定栏
目：a gues(/so〖o spot嘉宾节目；单人表演
4
IN COMPETITION bi 8 a position in a competition
or an event 排名位置：two teams batting /or top
spof 争
夺冠军地位的两个队
5
LIGHT 灯光 9 (/n/omw/) =
SPOTLIGHT
n.(l)
fTTOI In a (tight) 'spot {informaf) in a difficult situation 处于困境 on the _ • spot 1 immeciiately
当场；当下：He • answered the question on the spot.他当场回答了那个
问题。◊ an
on-t/ie-spotparfci’ng/ine当会金行的违♦择车 对款处罚 2： at the actual place where sth is happening
在现场：An ambulance was on the spot within minutes. 几公钟之内广一辆救护车便赶到现场。◊ an
on-the-spot report 现场报道 3 (/VA/nf also in ’place) in one exact place, without moving in any direction 在原地： Running on the spot is good exercise,
很好的锻炼。put sb on the _spot to make sb feel awkward or embarrassed by
asking them a difficult question (提出难题）使某人尴尬，使某:人为难：The interviewees questions
really put him on the spot,
的问题使他很,不来台。一more at BRIGHT flO；/.，glue v.， HIT V., KNOCK V., LEOPARD, RIVET V., SOFT
■
veffc (-tt-)
1 (not
used in the progressive tenses 不用于 进行时)to see or notice a person
or thing，especially suddenly or when
it is not easy to do so 看见;.看出； 注意到••发现：[VN] spotted my 介iend in the
crowd.我终于在人群中看见了我的朋友。◊J’veju5t spotted a
mistafce on thecover•我刚才在封面上发
现了 一处错误。◊ Can you spot the
dij^erence between these two pictures?你能不能看出这两幅画有什么不同？ ◊ [VN -ing] Neighbours spotted smoke coming out of the 邻届们发现有烟从这所房子里冒出来。◊ [V that] one
spotted that the gun was. a/a/ce•没有人留意到那
是一支痕枪。◊. [V wh-] J soon
spotted what the mistake was. _很快就看错误所在；^
—see
also spotter o note at see 2 [VNN] (NAmE, sport #：) to give your opponent or
the other team an advantage (对比赛对 手）让分，让子..，让步：We spotted the opposing
team two
goak.我彳liit对手两个球。IHTOl be spotted with sth to be covered with small round marks of
sth 满是…• 斑点：JFfis shirt was spotted
wit/z oiZ.他的衬衣上满是
madj. [only before
noun] (business 0) connected with a system of
trading where goods are delivered and paid for immediately after sale现货交易的；立即袁.付的： spot prices现货价格
,spot 'check noun a check that is made
suddenly and without warning on a few things or people chosen from a group to
see that everything is as it should be 抽查： 抽样检查：to carry out random spot
c/iecfcs o_a ve/iides 对车辆进行抽检
'spot
kick noun
(Br£) = penalty kick spot-less /'spDtlas; NAmE 'spa:t-/ adj.
perfectly clean ^ 清洁_■的； '非常洁净的
’SX9
immaculate ：
a
spotless white'shirt
洁■，白:的树衣.◊ She keeps the house spotless•她 把家里收拾得一
_不染。◊ (fetvraf/Ve) He hew
a spoffos record so/ar•他的操行记彔至今无任何污点。► spot.less- ly adv. ： spotlessly clean spot-light /'spDtIait; /V/\/r?f'spent-/
noun, verb m noun 1 (also informal spot) [C] a light with a single, very bright beam that can be directed at a
particular place or person 聚光灯：77ie room'was li‘t by spo出ghts•房间 被聚光灯照亮。一picture o light 2 the spotlight [U] the area of light that is made by a
spotlight 聚光灯，照亮 的地方；聚光灯照明圈：stood aione on stage in
t/ie 卬oriight.她独自站在舞台的聚光灯下。3 the spotlight [U] attention from
newspapers, television and the public 媒体和公众的注意：[/nemjpfoyment is once
agai’n in the spotHght.失业何题再次受到人们的关注。◊ rhe issue will come under the
spotlight when parliament reassemWes.等议会重开的时候，这个问题将成为焦点。广◊ The report has turned the
spotlight on the startling rise in street crime.这篇报道使人们将关注的目光投向街头犯
罪激增的间题d