vt.

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

   我不會拼寫你的名字。

2. （不用被動式）（字母）拼作，拼綴成
   S-o-n-g spells "song".

   s-o-n-g拼成"song"一字。

3. 慢慢而費力地讀懂[（+out/over）]
4. 認真研究出；理解[（+out）]
5. 招致；帶來；意味
   These changes spell ruin for the company.

   這些變化意味著該公司破產。

vi.

1. 拼字
   The child cannot spell well.

   這孩子不太會拼字。

n.[C]

1. （一段）工作時間
   They worked for long spells in the fields.

   他們在田裡長時間地勞動。

2. 一段時間；（某種天氣的）一段持續時間
   We're expecting a spell of sunshine.

   我們盼望晴朗的天氣。

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

   過了長長一陣子雨天之後，終於有了放晴的一天。

   Let's stop and rest for a spell.

   我們停下來歇一會兒吧！

3. 輪班，輪值
   Father and son took spells at the wheel.

   父子輪流開車。

4. （疾病等的）一陣發作
   The old man had spells of coughing last night.

   昨天晚上老人一陣陣地咳嗽。

vt.

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

   現在我來替換你給草坪割草。

2. 使換班休息

vi.

1. 輪替
2. 換班休息

n.[C]

1. 咒語，符咒；著魔
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.