spell

spell /spel/
  • danh từ
    • lời thần chú
    • bùa mê
      • under a spell: bị bùa mê
    • sự làm say mê; sức quyến rũ
      • to cast a spell on: làm say mê
  • ngoại động từ spelled, spelt
    • viết vần, đánh vần; viết theo chính tả
      • to spell in full: viết nguyên chữ
    • có nghĩa; báo hiệu
      • to spell ruin to: báo hiệu sự suy tàn của
    • to spell backward
      • đánh vần ngược (một từ)
    • (nghĩa bóng) hiểu nhầm, hiểu sai; thuyết minh sai
    • xuyên tạc ý nghĩa
    • to spell out
      • (thông tục) giải thích rõ ràng
  • danh từ
    • đợt, phiên (việc)
      • a cold spell: một đợt rét
      • to work by spells: thay phiên nhau làm việc
    • thời gian ngắn
      • to rest for a spell: nghỉ một thời gian ngắn
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) cơn ngắn (bệnh)
    • (Uc) thời gian nghỉ ngắn
    • ngoại động từ
      • (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) thay phiên (cho ai)
      • (Uc) cho nghỉ (ngựa)
      • nội động từ
        • (Uc) nghỉ một lát

       đánh vần

      spell checking
       kiểm tra chính tả

      Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): spelling, speller, spell, misspell


      Xem thêm: enchantment, trance, go, tour, turn, while, piece, patch, magic spell, magical spell, charm, spell out, import, write



      spell

      Từ điển Collocation

      spell noun

      1 period of time

      ADJ. lengthy, long, prolonged | brief, short | 5-minute, 10-day, etc. | good | bad He's going through a bit of a bad spell at the moment. | quiet | barren, lean Viera ended his barren spell with a goal against Parma. | cold, dry, hot, mild, sunny, warm, wet

      VERB + SPELL go through, have

      PREP. during a … ~ She managed to write a letter during a quiet spell at work. | ~ as He had a brief spell as ambassador to Turkey.

      PHRASES a spell of … weather a spell of sunny weather | a spell of unemployment

      2 magical effect

      ADJ. magic, magical | powerful | hypnotic the hypnotic spell of the crickets singing in the garden

      VERB + SPELL be/come/fall under | cast, put, weave The witch cast a spell on/over them. | break, remove She uttered the magic word, and the spell was broken.

      PREP. under a/the ~ Sleeping Beauty was under a spell when the prince found her. | under sb's ~ The audience was completely under his spell.


      Từ điển WordNet

        n.

      • a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation; enchantment, trance
      • a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); go, tour, turn

        it's my go

        a spell of work

      • a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; while, piece, patch

        he was here for a little while

        I need to rest for a piece

        a spell of good weather

        a patch of bad weather

      • a verbal formula believed to have magical force; magic spell, magical spell, charm

        he whispered a spell as he moved his hands

        inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese

        v.

      • orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; spell out

        How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer

      • indicate or signify; import

        I'm afraid this spells trouble!

      • write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); write

        He spelled the word wrong in this letter

      • relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn

        She spelled her husband at the wheel

      • place under a spell
      • take turns working

        the workers spell every four hours


      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      spells|spelt|spelled|spelling
      syn.: charm fascination period shift stretch time trance