1590s, formerly also spear-ribs, from spare (adj.), here indicating probably "absence of fat;" or perhaps from Middle Low German ribbesper "spare ribs," from sper "spit," and meaning originally "a spit thrust through pieces of rib-meat" [Klein]; if so, it is related to spar (n.1).
雙語例句
1. In her spare time she read books on cooking.
業(yè)余時間里她看一些烹飪方面的書籍。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He spends his spare time visiting schools to warn pupils off drugs.
他用自己的業(yè)余時間訪問學校，告誡小學生遠離毒品。
來自柯林斯例句
3. She was thin and spare, with a sharply intelligent face.
她又高又瘦，一副精明過人的模樣。
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4. They've never had anything spare — they've always used it all.
他們從沒有任何備用的東西——他們總是把什么都用得一干二凈。
來自柯林斯例句
5. In the future the machines will need spare parts and maintenance.