1. vt. & vi.拼写；拼读　 name or give in order the letters of a word
2. vt.招致，带来　 have as a consequence

　～ anger　招致危险
　～ defeat　导致失败
　～ disaster　招致灾难
　～ failure　导致失败
　～ name　拼写名字
　～ rain　预示有雨
　～ word　拼写单词/cn>

～+副词

　～ backward　倒拼
　～ right　拼写正确
　～ accurately　准确地拼写
　～ complicatedly　复杂地拼写
　～ correctly　正确地拼写
　～ delightedly　高兴地拼写
　～ frequently　经常拼写
　～ incompetently　不适当地拼写
　～ originally　原来拼写
　～ probably　适当地拼写
　～ promptly　迅速地拼写
　～ quickly　迅速拼写
　～ rapidly　迅速拼写
　～ secretly　秘密地拼写
　～ shortly　立即拼写
　～ slowly　慢慢地拼写
　～ utterly　完全拼写
　～ out　拼写，拼读，阐明

～+介词

　～ for　帮…拼写…，对…意味着…

　The pupils learn to spell in school.　小学生在学校学习拼写。
　The students are required to spell correctly.　对学生要求拼写正确。
　Spell your name fully, please.　请将你的全名拼出来。
　John was asked to spell the words.　叫了约翰拼读单词。
　Take care to spell every word right.　注意把每个词都拼对。
　You have spelt this word wrong.　你把这个词拼错了。
　Does laziness always spell failure?　懒惰必会导致失败吗?
　Those dark clouds spell rain.　乌云预示着雨的来临。
　Tell them that my failure in money doesn't spell failure in life.　告诉他们，我在经济上的失利并不意味着我在生活上也失利。
　A few votes may spell the difference between victory and defeat.　几张选票能带来胜败截然不同的结果。

 ♣ spell for　(v.+prep.)
1. 帮…拼写 tell the letters of (a word) in the right order for (sb)
　Will you please spell your name for me, it's one I'm not familiar with.　请你为我拼写一下你的名字，这名字我不太熟悉。
2. 对…来说意味着 mean (sth) for (sb or a group)
　That last blow spelt defeat for his opponent.　那最后一拳对他的对手来说意味着失败。
　The results of the local election spell trouble for the government.　地方选举的结果对政府来说意味着麻烦。
 ♣ spell out　(v.+adv.)
1. 拼〔写、读出〕 write or say a word letter by letter
　He spelt out the names.　他一字一顿地念出名字。
　Let me spell it out for you sentence by sentence.　让我一句一句地念给你听。
2. 阐明 explain in the plainest or most detailed way
　His speech spelt out his party's policy on foreign affairs.　他的演说阐明了他的党的对外政策。
　He tried to spell out the proposal by giving some details.　他想列举一些细节来进一步说明那个建议。
　I wish someone would spell the proposal out for us.　但愿有人能给我们把这个建议讲明白。
　The judges spelt out the consequences of a crime of this kind.　法官们清楚地说明这种罪行的种种后果。
　His ideas are spelled out in detail in a later article.　他在后一篇文章中具体地阐明了他的观点。

　spell　还可作“轮流替换”解，属于美式英语用法，是及物动词。例如：
　It will be helpful if you will spell me at working manure deep into the soil.　如果你我轮流着施底肥，那将是有帮助的。

1. S 着魔，中邪　 a condition caused by magical power
2. C 符咒，咒语　 the magic words producing this condition
3. C 连续不断的一段时间　 an unbroken period of time, especially taken up with the stated activity, events, etc.

　do an eight hours' ～ of duty　值八小时班
　have ～　有一段时间
　keep one's ～s regular　按时换班
　take ～s at the oars　轮班划船
　wait a ～　等一会儿
　break ～　破除魔法
　cast a ～ over sb　用符咒镇住某人
　exercise ～　施行妖术
　put a ～ on sb　对某人施魔咒
　remove ～　破除魔法
　coughing ～　一阵咳嗽
　dizzy ～　一阵头晕
　fainting ～　一阵昏厥
　breathing ～　喘息时间
　cold ～　寒冷期
　dry ～　干旱期
　hot ～　炎热期
　magic ～　魔力
　sunny ～s　晴天
　by ～s　断断续续地
　rest for a ～　休息片刻
　a book of ～　咒语集
　under the ～ of sb's beauty　被某人的美艳迷住
　a ～ of cold weather　一阵寒潮
　a ～ of coughing　一阵咳嗽
　～ of music　音乐的魔力

　If the spirit of Caesar could be called up by some spell, I wonder what it would think of the present-day world.　如果恺撒的鬼魂可以用符咒召回的话，我不知道它对当今世界会有什么看法。
　Tina seems able to cast a spell over Terry and get him to do anything she wants.　蒂娜似乎能够迷住特里，并随心所欲地支配他。
　The spell of fine weather has broken.　持续很长时间的好天气结束了。
　We can expect a spell of hot weather in early August.　我们可以预期在8月初有一段炎热的天气。
　I see the mercury is going up. Perhaps we're going to get a spell of good weather at last.　我见到水银柱在上升。大概咱们终于能有一阵子好天气了。
　There will be spells of sunshine this afternoon.　今天下午将有几段时间出太阳。
　During these hot summer spells I begin to pine for the cool Maine woods and those evenings spent out in the open.　在这酷热的夏天里，我又向往缅因州凉爽的树林以及户外的夜营生活。
　I feel a dizzy spell.　我感到一阵头晕。
　A spell of tough luck discouraged him.　一段时间的厄运使他失去了勇气。
　He is having one of his spells today.　他今天又不舒服了。
　They rested for a spell.　他们休息了片刻。
　He walked a spell and then rested.　他走一会儿，然后休息一下。
　I had a spell in the army before I became a policeman.　我在成为警察前曾在军队干过一段时间。
　After a short spell in hospital she was soon back at work.　她在医院干很短的一段时间后，很快又回来上班了。

 ♣ under a/the spell (of)
　被迷住，受影响 fascinated〔influenced〕　by
　The explorer's story held the children under a spell.　探险家的故事把孩子们给迷住了。
　The witch put the princess under a spell, and she fell asleep for ten years.　这女巫使公主中了妖术，沉睡了十年之久。
　It is a superstitious idea that the ghost can cast a living man under a spell.　鬼魂能迷住人是一种迷信的观念。
　My daughter is completely under the spell of this man she met on holiday.　我女儿完全被她在度假时遇到的男子迷住了。
　The audience was hostile at first, but soon fell under the spell of her charming personality.　观众开始对她很不友善，但是很快就被她那可爱的个性给迷住了。

　［同义词］ n. period, stretch, term, shift, turn
　［词源］　古法语espeller（说，发声）