vt.

1. 分出，腾出（时间，人手）；分让（多余的东西）[（+for）][O1]
   Can you spare me a few minutes?

   你能为我挪出几分钟时间吗？

2. （常用于否定句或疑问句）节约，省用；吝惜
   spare the rod

   不处罚

   He spared no expense in building a villa for himself.

   他不惜工本为自己造了一幢别墅。

3. 用不着；略去，省掉
4. 使免遭；免去；解除[O1]
   I want to spare him the trouble of seeing me off at the airport.

   我不想麻烦他去机场为我送行。

   spare someone's blushes

   使某人免于脸红

5. 饶恕，赦免；不伤害[O1]
   They took his money but spared his life.

   他们拿走了他的钱但饶了他一命。

6. 剩下
   We got to station at noon with time to spare.

   我们中午就到了火车站，离开车还有一段时间。

vi.

1. 节约，俭省
2. 宽容，饶恕；不伤害

a.

1. 多余的，剩下的；空闲的
   He has nothing to do in his spare time.

   他休闲时间无事可做。

2. 备用的
   Every car should carry a spare tire.

   每辆车子应带一个备用轮胎。

3. 节约的；少量的；贫乏的[（+of）]
   He is spare of speech.

   他很少说话。

4. 瘦的
   The farmer is tall and spare.

   那个农夫又高又瘦。

n.[C]

1. 备用品
2. 备用轮胎
   This tire is damaged. Do you have a spare?

   这个轮胎坏了，你有备用轮胎吗？

3. 【英】（机器等的）备用零件[P]
4. 【体】（保龄球）半倒；补中（于第二球把剩下的球瓶都击倒）

adj.

1. additional to what is required for ordinary use.
   ▸not currently in use or occupied.
   ▸(of time) available for leisure.
2. with no excess fat; thin.
3. elegantly simple.

n.

1. an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.
2. (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two balls.

v.

1. give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).
   ▸make free or available.
2. refrain from killing or harming.
   ▸refrain from inflicting (harm) on (someone):

   they have been spared the violence.
3. archaic be frugal.