Tra từ spell - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

spell [spell spells spelt spelled spelling] verb, noun BrE [spel] NAmE [spel]
verb (spelt, speltBrE [spelt] ; NAmE [spelt] or spelled, spelled)
1. transitive ~ sth to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order
• How do you spell your surname?
• I thought her name was Catherine, but it's Kathryn spelt with a ‘K’.
2. intransitive, transitive to form words correctly from individual letters
• I've never been able to spell.
•~ sth + adj. You've spelt my name wrong.
see also ↑misspell
3. transitive ~ sth (of letters of a word)to form words when they are put together in a particular order
• C— A— T spells ‘cat’.
4. transitive ~ sth (for sb/sth) to have sth, usually sth bad, as a result; to mean sth, usually sth bad
• The crop failure spelt disaster for many farmers.
• This defeat spelt the end of his hopes of winning the title again.
5. transitive ~ sb (NAmE, informal)to replace for a short time sb who is doing a particular activity so that they can rest
•Carter will be here in an hour to spell you.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. Middle English Old French espeller Germanic ↑spelln. senses 3 to 4 Old English spel(l) ‘narration’ Germanic n. senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. spele ‘take the place of’ ‘shift of relief workers’

Example Bank:
•‘Nevaeh’ is ‘heaven’ spelled backwards/backward.
•Do I really have to spell it out for you?
•His speech spelled out a clear message to the car industry.
•Is ‘necessary’ spelled with one ‘s’, or two?
•She spelled out precisely what she wanted.
•The article spelled ‘survey’ as ‘servay’.
Derived: ↑spell something out

noun
1. countable a short period of time during which sth lasts
•a spell of warm weather
•a cold/hot/wet/bright, etc. spell
• There will be rain at first, with sunny spells later.
• She went to the doctor complaining of dizzy spells.
2. countable a period of time doing sth or working somewhere
•She had a spell as a singer before becoming an actress.
•I spent a brief spell on the Washington Post.
3. countable words that are thought to have magic power or to make a piece of magic work; a piece of magic that happens when sb says these magic words
•a magic spell
•a book of spells
•The wizard recited a spell.
•to cast/put a spell on sb
•to be under a spell (= affected by magic)
4. singular a quality that a person or thing has that makes them so attractive or interesting that they have a strong influence on you
Syn: ↑charm
•I completely fell under her spell.
•It was a magic night until the spell was broken.
•Since last century the spell of the pyramids has drawn tourists to Egypt.
see weave a spell (over sb) at ↑weave _v.

Word Origin:
v. Middle English Old French espeller Germanic ↑spelln. senses 3 to 4 Old English spel(l) ‘narration’ Germanic n. senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. spele ‘take the place of’ ‘shift of relief workers’

Example Bank:
•He's going through a bit of a bad spell at the moment.
•She managed to write a letter during a quiet spell at work.
•She uttered the magic word, and the spell was broken.
•Sleeping Beauty was under a spell when the prince found her.
•The audience was completely under his spell.
•The children began having dizzy spells from hunger.
•The witch cast a spell on them.
•This place had woven its spell over them.
•Viera ended his barren spell with a goal against Parma.
•a spell of sunny weather
•the hypnotic spell of the cicadas singing in the trees
•I completely fell under her spell.
•She went to the doctor complaining of dizzy spells.
•Since last century, the spell of the pyramids has drawn tourists to Egypt.
•We had a spell of warm weather in April.
•a cold/hot/wet/bright spell