vt.

1. 用字母拼；拼写
   I don't know how to spell your name.

   我不会拼写你的名字。

2. （不用被动语态）（字母）拼作，拼缀成
   S-o-n-g spells "song".

   s-o-n-g拼成“song”一字。

3. 慢慢而费力地读懂[（+out/over）]
4. 认真研究出；理解[（+out）]
5. 招致；带来；意味
   These changes spell ruin for the company.

   这些变化意味着该公司破产。

vi.

1. 拼字
   The child cannot spell well.

   这孩子不太会拼字。

n.[C]

1. （一段）工作时间
   They worked for long spells in the fields.

   他们在田里长时间地劳动。

2. 一段时间；（某种天气的）一段持续时间
   We're expecting a spell of sunshine.

   我们盼望晴朗的天气。

   We finally got a sunny day after the long raining spell.

   过了长长的雨期之后，终于有了放晴的一天。

   Let's stop and rest for a spell.

   我们停下来歇一会儿吧！

3. 轮班，轮值
   Father and son took spells at the wheel.

   父子轮流开车。

4. （疾病等的）一阵发作
   The old man had spells of coughing last night.

   昨天晚上老人一阵阵地咳嗽。

vt.

1. 轮替
   I'll spell you now at mowing the lawn.

   现在我来替换你给草坪割草。

2. 使换班休息

vi.

1. 轮替
2. 换班休息

n.[C]

1. 咒语，符咒；着魔
2. 魔力，魅力[the S]
   The prince fell under the spell of her beauty.

   王子被她的美貌所迷住。

vt.

1. 使入迷

v.

1. write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence.
   ▸(of letters) make up or form (a word).
2. be a sign of; lead to:
   the plans would spell disaster for the economy.
3. (spell something out) explain something in detail.

n.

1. a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.
2. a state of enchantment or influence induced by or as if by a spell.

n.

1. a short period of time.
   ▸Austral./NZ a period of rest from work.
2. Cricket  a series of overs in which a particular bowler bowls.

v.

n.