spur
US: /ˈspɝ/
UK: /spˈɜː/
UK: /spˈɜː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
spur /spə:/
- danh từ
- đinh thúc ngựa
- cựa (gà)
- cựa sắt (móc và cựa gà khi chọi)
- (thực vật học) cựa (ở cánh hoa...)
- mũi núi
- tường cựa gà (chạy ngang bức thành)
- sự kích thích, sự khuyến khích, sự khích lệ
- on the spur of the moment: do sự khích lệ của tình thế
- to need the spur
- uể oải, cần được lên dây cót
- to win one's spurs
- (sử học) được tặng danh hiệu hiệp sĩ
- (từ lóng) nổi tiếng
- ngoại động từ
- thúc (ngựa)
- lắp đinh (vào giày)
- lắp cựa sắt (vào cựa gà)
- khích lệ, khuyến khích
- to spur someone to do something: khuyến khích ai làm việc gì
- nội động từ
- thúc ngựa
- ((thường) + on, forward) phi nhanh, chạy nhanh; vội vã
- to spur a willing horse
- làm phiền một cách không cần thiết
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a sharp pointed object that riders sometimes wear on the heels of their boots and use to encourage their horse to go faster: He dug his spurs into the horse's sides.
2 [usually sing.] ~ (to sth) a fact or an event that makes you want to do sth better or more quickly: His speech was a powerful spur to action. + A few encouraging words might provide just the spur she needs.
3 an area of high ground that sticks out from a mountain or hill
4 a road or a railway/railroad track that leads from the main road or line
Idioms: on the spur of the moment suddenly, without planning in advance: I phoned him up on the spur of the moment. + a spur-of-the-moment decision
win / earn your spurs (formal) to achieve fame or success
+ verb (-rr-) [VN]
1 ~ sb/sth (on) (to sth / to do sth) to encourage sb to do sth or to encourage them to try harder to achieve sth: Her difficult childhood spurred her on to succeed. + I was spurred into action by the letter. + The band has been spurred on by the success of their last single. + My trainer spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour.
2 to make sth happen faster or sooner: The agreement is essential to spurring economic growth around the world. + The fire, spurred by high temperatures and strong winds, had burnt more than 140 acres.
3 to encourage a horse to go faster, especially by pushing the spurs on your boots into its side: As he shouted his order he spurred the horse forward suddenly.
Collocation dictionary
1 on horse rider's boots
QUANT.
pair
VERB + SPUR
dig in/into, put/set to
He dug his spurs into the horse's flank and cantered off.
2 encouragement
ADJ.
great, powerful, strong
VERB + SPUR
act as, be | give (sb), provide (sb with)
PREP.
~ for
The research provided a spur for reform.
| ~ to
a spur to action
Concise English dictionary
spurred|spurring|spursspɜr /spɜː
noun
+a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
+any sharply pointed projection
+tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
+a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
+a railway line connected to a trunk line
verb
+incite or stimulate
+give heart or courage to
+strike with a spur
+goad with spurs
+equip with spurs
