spare /spєә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
• (v.) refrain from harming
• (v.) save or relieve from an experience or action

Chinese translation

• n. 剩余, 备用品, 备件, 备用零件, 备用轮胎
• a. 多余的, 备用的, 空闲的, 节约的, 瘦的
• vi. 节约, 省掉, 宽恕

Word details

Part of speech

verb / adjective

Pronunciation

/spєә/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.28 · Rare

Word forms

spared, sparing, spares

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Related words

spark · sparrow · sparkle · sparse · sparsely · sparingly

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