spiel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. countable,uncountable
    — I'd love to be there with a real pretty spiel / But three little words can explain how I feel
  2. A game of curling.
    — The portion of ice set apart for a curling spiel was called the lead, rank, or rink (by which last name it is still described), and as it was then shorter than it is now — its ordinary length being 30 yards
  3. An early form of rap music. countable,uncountable
    — Watt gets his turn on the mic too, delivering an amusingly disjointed rap (following Minutemen tradition, he calls it a spiel) on "Me & You, Remembering."
动词 v.
  1. To talk at length. intransitive
    — For a second our eyes met and he gave me a contemptuous smile, then he spieled again.
  2. To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking. intransitive

词形变化

spiels plural shpeal alternative schpeal alternative shpiel alternative schpiel alternative schpeel alternative spiels present,singular,third-person spieling participle,present spieled participle,past spieled past shpeal alternative schpeal alternative shpiel alternative schpiel alternative schpeel alternative spiels plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Purim spiel
相关词
spieler

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.
Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.
词源 2
From the Scots spiel (“game, play; curling match”) from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spel.
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