spur
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- 2.
A jab given with the spurs.
- 3.
(figuratively)(figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- 4.
An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
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Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- 6.
Roots, tree roots.
- 7.
(geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- 8.
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- 9.
(carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- 10.
(architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- 11.
(architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- 12.
Ergotized rye or other grain.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- 2.
(transitive)To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
Đồng nghĩa: incite, stimulate, instigate, impel, drive, abet, actuate, goose, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about, cheer, draw, drive, encourage, egg on, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, lash, motive, motivate, move, obligate, oblige, push, promote, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, stimulate, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, urge, whet, whip up
- 3.
(transitive)To put spurs on.
to spur boots
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(intransitive)To press forward; to travel in great haste.
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To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
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(alt of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete)Alternative form of speer.
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From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (to kick).