spur

spur
noun
  1. a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward
    踢马刺，靴刺
    ■(figurative)a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive
    (喻)刺激，鼓励；鞭策，鼓舞
    profit was both the spur and the reward of enterprise.
    利润既是企业的动力又是对企业的回报。
    ■a hard spike on the back of the leg of a cock or male game bird, used in fighting
    （公鸡或雄性斗鸡用于打斗的）距
    ■a steel point fastened to the leg of a gamecock
    （绑在雄斗鸡腿上的）距铁
    ■a climbing iron
    （登山靴上的）铁钉助爬器
  2. a thing that projects or branches off from a main body, in particular
    主体上的突出物或分叉物，尤指
    ■a projection from a mountain or mountain range
    尖坡，山嘴，山鼻子
    ■a short branch road or railway line
    岔路；（铁路的）支线
    ■(Botany)a slender tubular projection from the base of a flower, e.g. a honeysuckle or orchid, typically containing nectar
    (植)花距
    ■a short fruit-bearing side shoot
    （挂果的）短侧枝，短副梢
  3. a small, single-pointed support for ceramic ware in a kiln
    （瓷窑里面支撑瓷器的）支架，支柱
(spurred,spurring )
[with obj.]
  1. urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides
    用踢马刺驱马前进
    she spurred her horse towards the hedge.
    她用踢马刺驱马冲向障碍物。
    ■give an incentive or encouragement to (someone)
    激励；鼓励；鞭策
    her sons' passion for computer games spurred her on to set up a software shop.
    她儿子对电脑游戏的热爱促使她开了一家软件店。
    ■cause or promote the development of；stimulate
    促进；促使；刺激
    governments cut interest rates to spur demand.
    政府降低利率来刺激需求。
  2. prune in (a side shoot of a plant) so as to form a spur close to the stem
    紧贴主干剪短（副梢）
    spur back the lateral shoots.
    朝树干方向剪短侧枝。
常用词组
on the spur of the moment
  1. on a momentary impulse; without premeditation
    一时冲动之下；未加仔细考虑地
put (或set) spurs to
  1. use one's spurs to urge on (a horse)
    用踢马刺驱（马）前进
派生
spurless
adjective
spurred
adjective
语源
  1. Old English spora, spura, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spoor and German Sporn, also to spurn
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