英语词源
- spare-ribs (n.)
- 1590s, formerly also spear-ribs, from spare (adj.), here indicating probably "absence of fat;" or perhaps from Middle Low German ribbesper "spare ribs," from sper "spit," and meaning originally "a spit thrust through pieces of rib-meat" [Klein]; if so, it is related to spar (n.1).
权威例句
- 1. In her spare time she read books on cooking.
- 业余时间里她看一些烹饪方面的书籍。
- 2. He spends his spare time visiting schools to warn pupils off drugs.
- 他用自己的业余时间访问学校，告诫小学生远离毒品。
- 3. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
- 她又高又瘦，一副精明过人的模样。
- 4. They've never had anything spare — they've always used it all.
- 他们从没有任何备用的东西——他们总是把什么都用得一干二净。
- 5. In the future the machines will need spare parts and maintenance.
- 这些机器将来会需要备件和维修保养。