A2 [ I or T ] spelled or UK also spelt, spelled or UK also spelt to form a word or words with the letters in the correct order用字母拼;拼寫
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Could you spell your name again, please?
Some words are more difficult to spell than others.
Does she spell her name with a C or with a K?
She always spells my name wrong.
He even spelled his own client's name wrongly.
to cause something bad to happen in the future意味着災難/會招致麻煩(等等)
[ T ] spelled, spelled mainly US to do something that someone else would usually be doing, especially in order to allow them to rest(尤指爲讓某人休息而)代替做,替換,輪換
a period of time for which an activity or condition lasts continuously(持續的)一段時間
a short period of a particular type of weather(特定天氣的)一段短暫持續時間
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In this current cold spell, many old people are dying needlessly of hypothermia.
It looks as if we are in for a settled spell this week.
After a brief spell in the army, he started working as a teacher.
He had a brief spell in the army.
She had a couple of spells in a mental hospital.
US a period when you do something that someone else would usually be doing, especially in order to allow them to rest輪班,輪流做某事
spoken words that are thought to have magical power, or (the condition of being under) the influence or control of such words咒語,符咒;魔法;着魔
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