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Spoof 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●v.揶揄, 嘲讽 ●［英］v.揶揄, 嘲讽 ( deceive, hoax) ●［记］参考其他以spoo开头的单词: spook ( 幽灵) , spool ( 卷轴) , spoon ( 匙) , spoor ( 野兽等 的足迹) Webster Collegiate I. transitive verb ●Etymology: Spoof, a hoaxing game invented by Arthur Roberts died 1933 English comedian ●Date: 1889 ●1. deceive, hoax ●2. to make good-natured fun of II. noun ●Date: 1889 ●1. hoax, deception ●2. a light humorous parody ●?~ery noun ●?~y adjective Spool 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. ( 缠录音带等的) 卷盘 ( 轴) ●［例］We need an hour long spool to record the speech. Webster Collegiate I. noun ●Etymology: Middle English spole, from Middle Dutch spoele; akin to Old High German spuola ~ ●Date: 14th century ●1. a cylindrical device which has a rim or ridge at each end and an axial hole for a pin or spindle and on which material (as thread, wire, or tape) is wound ●2. material or the amount of material wound on a ~ II. verb ●Date: 1603 ●transitive verb m 1. to wind on a ~ m 2. wind ~ the thread off the bobbin m 3. to regulate the transmission of by means of a ~er ~ data ●intransitive verb m 1. to wind itself on a ~ m 2. to be wound or unwound m 3. to regulate data flow by means of a ~er Spoor 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. ( 野兽的) 足迹 ●［英］n. ( 野兽的) 足迹 ( a trail, a scent, or droppings of a wild animal) Webster Collegiate I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) ●Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch; akin to Old English spor footprint, ~, spurnan to kick — more at spurn ●Date: 1823 ●1. a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal ●2. a trace by which the progress of someone or something may be followed II. verb ●Date: 1850 ●transitive verb m to track by a ~ ●intransitive verb m to track something by its ~ Sporadic 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●adj.不定时发生的 ●［英］adj.不定时发生的 ( occurring occasionally) ●［类］反义词: chronic ( 长期的) ●［例］sound of sporadic gunfire Webster Collegiate adjective ●Etymology: Medieval Latin ~us, from Greek sporadikos, from sporadēn here and there, from sporad-, sporas scattered; akin to Greek speirein to sow — more at sperm ●Date: circa 1689 ●occurring o