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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   spot

   • IPA[spät]

   美式

   • n.
     a small round or roundish mark, differing in color or texture from the surface around it；a small mark or stain
   • v.
     see, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for；recognize that (someone) has a particular talent, especially for sports or show business

   • verb: spot, 3rd person present: spots, gerund or present participle: spotting, past tense: spotted, past participle: spotted

   • noun: spot, plural noun: spots

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a small round or roundish mark, differing in color or texture from the surface around it ladybugs have black spots on their red wing covers 同義詞 mark, patch, pop, dot, speck, ... 更多speckle, fleck, smudge, smear, stain, blotch, blot, splash, daub, technicalpetechia, informalsplotch, splosh, splodge, raremacule, macula
   • ▪ a small mark or stain a spot of mildew on the wall 同義詞 discoloration, freckle, liver spot, age spot, mole, ... 更多birthmark, port wine stain, strawberry mark, technicalnevus
   • ▪ a pimple. 同義詞 pimple, pustule, blemish, blackhead, boil, ... 更多swelling, eruption, wen, sty, pock, pockmark, acne, rash, plook, technicalcomedo, informalzit, whitehead, hickey, rarepapule, bleb, whelk, blain
   • ▪ a moral blemish or stain.
   • ▪ North American a pip on a domino, playing card, or die.
   • 2. a particular place or point a nice secluded spot an ideal picnic spot 同義詞 place, location, site, position, point, ... 更多situation, scene, setting, locale, locality, area, neighborhood, region, venue, technicallocus
   • ▪ a small feature or part of something with a particular quality his bald spot there was one bright spot in a night of dismal failure
   • ▪ (in sports) an advantage allowed to a player as a handicap.
   • ▪ a position within a listing; a ranking the runner-up spot
   • ▪ a place for an individual item within a show she couldn't do her usual singing spot in the club 同義詞 position, place, niche, slot, space, ... 更多informalwindow
   • 3. British informal a small amount of something a spot of rain 同義詞 bit, little, some, small amount, morsel, ... 更多modicum, bite, drop, splash, informalsmidgen, smidge, tad, scoosh
   • 4. denoting a system of trading in which commodities or currencies are delivered and paid for immediately after a sale trading in the spot markets the current spot price
   • 5. short for spotlight
   • 6. North American informal a banknote of a specified value a ten-spot
   • 7. South African a bar or other drinking establishment (usually in a private home in a township) that operates without an official permit her father was at the spot with his friends

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. see, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for Andrew spotted the ad in the paper the men were spotted by police 同義詞 notice, see, observe, discern, detect, ... 更多perceive, make out, pick out, distinguish, recognize, identify, locate, catch sight of, glimpse, sight, mark, remark, informalclock, literarydescry, espy
   • ▪ recognize that (someone) has a particular talent, especially for sports or show business we were spotted by a talent scout
   • ▪ locate an enemy's position, typically from the air they were spotting for enemy aircraft
   • ▪ (in weight training, gymnastics, etc.) observe (a performer) in order to minimize the risk of accidents or injuries.
   • 2. mark with spots the velvet was spotted with stains 同義詞 stain, mark, fleck, speckle, blotch, ... 更多mottle, smudge, streak, splash, spatter, bespatter, dirty, soil, informalsplotch, splosh, splodge, literarybesmirch, smirch
   • ▪ become marked with spots a damp atmosphere causes the flowers to spot
   • ▪ cover (a surface or area) thinly thorn trees spotted the land
   • ▪ archaic stain or sully the moral character or qualities of they might be spotted merely with the errors introduced by Luther 同義詞 sully, stain, tarnish, blacken, taint, ... 更多blemish
   • 3. place (a billiard ball or football) on its designated starting point.
   • 4. North American informal give or lend (money) to (someone) I'll spot you $300
   • ▪ allow (an advantage) to (someone) in a game or sport the higher-rated team spots the lower-rated team the difference in their handicaps

   片語

   • hit the spot
   • in a spot
   • on the spot
   • put someone on the spot