spend 音标拼音: [sp'ɛnd]
vt . 花费,浪费,度过,消耗,消磨,献出
vi . 花费,用尽
花费,浪费,度过,消耗,消磨,献出花费,用尽
spend v 1 :
pass time in a specific way ; "
how are you spending your summer vacation ?" [
synonym : {
spend }, {
pass }]
2 :
pay out ; "
spend money " [
synonym : {
spend }, {
expend }, {
drop }]
3 :
spend completely ; "
I spend my pocket money in two days "
Spend \
Spend \,
v .
i .
1 .
To expend money or any other possession ;
to consume ,
use ,
waste ,
or part with ,
anything ;
as ,
he who gets easily spends freely .
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He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning . --
South .
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2 .
To waste or wear away ;
to be consumed ;
to lose force or strength ;
to vanish ;
as ,
energy spends in the using of it .
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The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air . --
Bacon .
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3 .
To be diffused ;
to spread .
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The vines that they use for wine are so often cut ,
that their sap spendeth into the grapes . --
Bacon .
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4 . (
Mining )
To break ground ;
to continue working .
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Spend \
Spend \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Spent };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Spending }.] [
AS .
spendan (
in comp .),
fr .
L .
expendere or dispendere to weigh out ,
to expend ,
dispense .
See {
Pendant },
and cf . {
Dispend }, {
Expend }, {
Spence }, {
Spencer }.]
1 .
To weigh or lay out ;
to dispose of ;
to part with ;
as ,
to spend money for clothing .
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Spend thou that in the town . --
Shak .
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Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? --
Isa .
lv .
2 .
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2 .
To bestow ;
to employ ; --
often with on or upon .
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I . . .
am never loath To spend my judgment . --
Herbert .
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3 .
To consume ;
to waste ;
to squander ;
to exhaust ;
as ,
to spend an estate in gaming or other vices .
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4 .
To pass ,
as time ;
to suffer to pass away ;
as ,
to spend a day idly ;
to spend winter abroad .
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We spend our years as a tale that is told . --
Ps .
xc .
9 .
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5 .
To exhaust of force or strength ;
to waste ;
to wear away ;
as ,
the violence of the waves was spent .
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Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst .
--
Knolles .
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110 Moby Thesaurus words for "
spend ":
ablate ,
absorb ,
allot ,
assign ,
assimilate ,
attend to business ,
be exposed to ,
be subjected to ,
bestow ,
bleed white ,
blow ,
budget ,
burn up ,
busy ,
consecrate to ,
consume ,
contribute ,
cost ,
cost out ,
dedicate to ,
deplete ,
devote ,
digest ,
disburse ,
dish out ,
dissipate ,
drain ,
drain of resources ,
drop ,
eat ,
eat up ,
employ ,
encounter ,
endure ,
engage ,
erode ,
exhaust ,
expend ,
experience ,
feel ,
finish ,
finish off ,
fork out ,
fritter away ,
give ,
give over to ,
give to ,
go ,
go through ,
gobble ,
gobble up ,
hand out ,
have ,
impoverish ,
incur costs ,
ingest ,
invest ,
know ,
labor under ,
lavish ,
lay out ,
lose ,
meet ,
meet up with ,
meet with ,
mind the store ,
occupy ,
open the purse ,
outlay ,
pass ,
pass the time ,
pass through ,
pay ,
pay out ,
prodigal ,
profligate ,
put in ,
put out ,
run ,
run through ,
run up against ,
schedule ,
shell out ,
sink money in ,
spend the time ,
spender ,
spill ,
splurge ,
squander ,
squanderer ,
stand under ,
suck dry ,
suffer ,
sustain ,
swallow ,
swallow up ,
taste ,
throw away ,
throw money around ,
undergo ,
use up ,
waste ,
waste away ,
waster ,
wastethrift ,
wastrel ,
wear away ,
while ,
while away ,
wile
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