spell1/spɛl; spel/v past tense and past participle spelt /spɛlt; spelt/especially BrE 【尤英】; spelled especially AmE 【尤美】1 [I,T] to form a word by writing or saying the letters in the correct order 拼写﹔拼出: How do you spell ‘necessary’? necessary 怎么拼?I’ve never been able to spell. 我从来都不会拼写。They’ve spelled my name wrong . 他们把我的名字拼错了。2 [T] if letters spell a word, they form it〔字母〕拼成〔某词〕3 spell trouble/defeat/danger etc if a situation spells trouble etc, it makes you expect trouble 意味着麻烦/失败/危险等: weather that could spell disaster for farmers 可能会给农民带来灾难的天气spell sth out phr v to explain something in great detail 详细地解释: Do I have to spell everything out for you? 非要我把什么都给你说得明明白白吗?
spell2n [C] 1 a piece of magic, or the special words that make magic happen 魔法﹔符咒﹐咒语: cast/put a spell on sb They say that a witch cast a spell on her. 据说女巫对她施了魔法。2 a short period of time 一段短时间﹐一阵子: brief/short spell a short spell in jail 狱中的一小段时间+of a spell of bad luck 一段倒霉的日子