英语词源
- spell-check (v.)
- "to use a computer's spell checker application on a document," by 1985, from spell (v.) + check (v.1). The applications themselves date to the late 1970s. Related: Spell-checked; spell-checking.
权威例句
- 1. Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.
- 禁毒专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的局面。
- 2. A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance.
- 一度身体欠佳令她表现有失水准。
- 3. For many years sundials have cast their spell over scientists and mathematicians.
- 多年来，日晷一直吸引着科学家和数学家们。
- 4. How many times do I have to spell it out?
- 我要仔仔细细讲多少遍？
- 5. Jacqueline is not relishing the prospect of another spell in prison.
- 杰奎琳可不想再蹲一阵子监狱。