spar

英 [spɑ?] 美[spɑr]

近義詞fight

TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數:?spars;第三人稱單數:?spars;過去式:?sparred;過去分詞:?sparred;現在分詞:?sparring;

spar 斗雞，拳擊練習，討論，爭論

可能來自中古法語 esparer,踢，擊打，來自意大利語 sparare,踢，投擲，來自拉丁語 ex-,向外， parere,準備，擋開，詞源同 prepare,parry.原指斗雞游戲開斗時準備，后用于指人的拳擊練習，引申比喻義爭論，討論，通常在比較友好的氛圍下進行。

spar 桅桿，翼梁

來自中古英語 sparre,船筏，柱子，木柱，來自 Proto-Germanic*sparro,柱子，木柱，來自 PIE*spar, 柱子，木柱，詞源同 spear,spire.后用于指船只的桅桿，飛機的翼梁等。

spar 晶石

一種水晶礦物狀石頭，可能回構自 sparstone,晶石，對等于 spear,尖刺，矛，stone,石頭。因這種礦物呈尖刺狀而得名。常構成復合詞 feldspar,長石。

spar (n.1): early 14c., "rafter;" late 14c., "stout pole," from or cognate with Middle Low German or Middle Dutch sparre, from Proto-Germanic *sparron (cognates: Old English *spere "spear, lance," Old Norse sperra "rafter, beam," German Sparren "spar, rafter"), from PIE root *sper- (1) "spear, pole" (see spear (n.1)). Nautical use, in reference to one used as a mast, yard, boom, etc., dates from 1630s. Also borrowed in Old French as esparre, which might be the direct source of the English word.
spar (v): late 14c., "go quickly, rush, dart, spring;" c. 1400, "to strike or thrust," perhaps from Middle French esparer "to kick" (Modern French éparer), from Italian sparare "to fling," from Latin ex- (see ex-) + parare "make ready, prepare," hence "ward off, parry" (see pare). Etymologists consider a connection with spur unlikely. Used in 17c. in reference to preliminary actions in a cock fight; figurative sense of "to dispute, bandy with words" is from 1690s. Extension to humans, in a literal sense, with meaning "to engage in or practice boxing" is attested from 1755. Related: Sparred; sparring.
spar (n.2): "crystalline mineral that breaks easily into fragments with smooth surfaces," 1580s, from Low German Spar, from Middle Low German *spar, *sper, cognate with Old English sp?r- in sp?rstan "gypsum."

2. The mast, which was a solid spruce spar, bent like a bow, and for a moment I thought we were going to lose it.: 堅固的云杉木做成的桅桿已經彎得像一把弓，那一刻我覺得它馬上就要斷了。

3. We can be conviniently studied with reference to a crystal of calcite or Iceland spar.: 我們可以很方便地以方解石或冰洲石晶體來進行研究.

4. Mr Obama and John McCain continued to spar over foreign policy.: 奧巴馬和約翰?麥凱恩在對外政策上仍在持續爭吵.