| 词组 | spell |
| 释义 | spell Not long ago one of our correspondents asking for information used these words in her letter: • ... how words with variant spellings will be spelt in our publication. This gave us some recent evidence that spelt, which is much more common in British English, is still occasionally used in American English. Here are two British examples: • ... culture is spelt with a small "c" —Michael Wat-kins, The Guardian, 27 Oct. 1973 • Misspelt names bring newspapers into disrepute. They should be spelt out, spelt back, and re-checked —Sellers 1975 Americans generally use spelled: • These jolly buccaneers knew that rum spelled "gold" —Marilyn Kaytor, American Way, December 1971 • The ability to convert a field goal spelled the difference —Sporting News, 27 Dec. 1972 • For the next seven hours, several planes spelled each other —Michael McRae, Outside, December 1985 Longman 1988 notes that British writers also prefer spelled for the sense "to relieve for a time." |
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