spur是什么意思？

spur

英[spɜ:(r)] 美[spɚ]

• n. 马刺，鞭策，激励，（公路或铁路的）支线；
• v. 鼓动， 激励，使更快发生，策马前进；

复数：spurs;

过去式：spurred;

过去分词：spurred;

现在分词：spurring;

第三人称单数：spurs;

例句

• On the spur of the moment, they decided to hold a fancy dress party. 他们一时兴起, 决定开一个化装舞会。
• International competition is a spur to modernization. 国际间的竞争是走向现代化的动力。
• A good horse often needs a good spur. 好马常要好靴刺。
• He asked her to marry him on the spur of the moment. 他一时冲动之下向她求婚了.
• They admitted they had taken a vehicle on the spur of the moment. 他们承认是一时冲动偷走了一辆车。
• The impellers are kept in their proper relationship to each other by spur gear. 液轮之间借助于正齿轮保持彼此正常的关系.
• Such stories serve as a spur to children's imagination. 这类故事能激发儿童的想像力.
• He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment. 他肯定是一时冲动策划了这个阴谋。
• His speech was a powerful spur to action. 他的讲话很有鼓动力。
• It can alleviate pain symptom caused by hyperosteogeny ( spur ), and is very helpful to the recovery. 具有缓解骨质增生 ( 称骨刺 ) 引起的疼痛症状, 促进康复的功能.

同义词

• vt.
  spur的同义词之：激励;鼓舞
  goad, urge, provoke, prod,
• spur的同义词之：其他释义
  urge, needle, stimulate, awaken, signal, stimulant, goad, headland, prick, provocation, push, prod, tooth, provoke, foreland, reason, actuate, inspiration,

词组

• on the spur of the moment
  on a momentary impulse; without premeditation 一时冲动之下；未加仔细考虑地
• put (或set) spurs to
  use one's spurs to urge on (a horse) 用踢马刺驱（马）前进

英语六级真题

As a poet, Ted Hughes had an acute sensitivity to the way in which constraints on self-expression, like the disciplines of metre and rhyme (韵律), spur creative thought
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  鼓励;激励
  If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.
  例句
  It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats... 是金钱驱使这些渔民驾着破旧小船冒险出海远航。 His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part. 朋友的困境促使他投身参与。
• VERB
  促进;加速;推动
  If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner.
  例句
  The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth... 政府可能会更加重视推动经济增长。 The trade pacts will spur an exodus of US businesses to Mexico. 这些贸易协定将会促使大批美国企业涌向墨西哥。
• N-COUNT
  刺激;激励;推动力
  Something that acts as a spur to something else encourages a person or organization to do that thing or makes it happen more quickly.
  例句
  ...a belief in competition as a spur to efficiency... 认为竞争会促进效率的信念 Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers. 裁员促使很多人开始从事新事业。
• N-COUNT
  马刺;靴刺
  Spurs are small metal wheels with sharp points that are attached to the heels of a rider's boots. The rider uses them to make their horse go faster.
• N-COUNT
  山嘴;尖坡
  The spur of a hill or mountain is a piece of ground which sticks out from its side.
• PHRASE
  一时冲动;心血来潮
  If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly, without planning it beforehand.
  例句
  They admitted they had taken a vehicle on the spur of the moment... 他们承认是一时冲动偷走了一辆车。 It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. We discussed it in detail beforehand. 这可不是头脑一热作出的决定。我们事先仔细地讨论过。
• PHRASE
  获得地位;赢得名望
  If you win your spurs or earn your spurs, you achieve a particular status by proving that you can do something skilfully.
  例句
  Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house. 年轻的指挥家们在小乐队或小歌剧院里崭露头角。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  马刺；靴刺
  He dug in his spurs. 他用马刺策马。
  激励因素; 刺激, 鞭策；激励；刺激；鼓舞
  International competition is a spur to modernization. 国际间的竞争是走向现代化的动力。 Such stories serve as a spur to children's imagination. 这类故事能激发儿童的想像力。
• vt.
  策（马）前进；（尤指用马刺）策（马）加速
  The riders spurred their horses forward. 骑手们策马前行。
  鞭策；激励；刺激；鼓舞
  The girl's loving care spurred his recovery. 姑娘的悉心照料使他康复得很快。 Pride spurs him to work hard. 自尊心促使他努力工作。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
  "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
  2. any pointed projection
  3. tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
  4. a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward;
  "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
  5. a railway line connected to a trunk line
• Verb
  1. incite or stimulate;
  "The Academy was formed to spur research"
  2. give heart or courage to
  3. strike with a spur
  4. goad with spurs;
  "the rider spurred his horse"
  5. equip with spurs;
  "spur horses"

行业词典

• 体育： 山嘴；冲刺；
  动物学： 距，又称：距(calcar)；
  化学： 刺迹；
  医学： 骨刺，骨距，距状刺；金属突出片：在牙科学上指牙托、牙用带环或其他牙科装置上的金属突起；
  植物学： [枝]距；瓣距；又称 :瓣距(calcar )；
  电力： 木杆地桩；