音标：[spend]
vt. 花费, 浪费, 度过, 消耗, 消磨
vi. 花费, 用尽
在线英汉词典

spend的短语、例句：

spend v (pt, pp spent ) 1 [I, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (on/sth) give or pay out (money) for goods, services, etc 用（钱）; 花（钱）
He spends as if he were a millionaire. 他用起钱来像个百万富翁似的.
She´s spent all her money. 她把钱都花光了.
He spends too much (money) on clothes. 他在衣著上花费太大. 2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (on sth/in doing sth) (a) use (time, etc) for a purpose 花（时间等）
spend a lot of time on a project/(in) explaining a plan 花很多时间进行某项目[解释某方案]
spend one´s energy cleaning the place up 用力气把那地方打扫乾净. (b) use sth up; exhaust sth 用完, 耗尽（某物）
The blizzard quickly spent itself, ie used up all its force. 暴风雪很快就停了下来.
They went on firing until they had spent all their ammunition. 他们不停地射击, 耗尽了所有的弹药.
I´ve spent all my energy on this. 我对此事已呕尽心血. 3 [Tn, Tn.pr] pass (time) 度过, 消磨（时间）
How do you spend your spare time? 你业余时间怎麽打发?
spend a weekend in Paris 在巴黎过周末
spend summer holidays by the sea 在海滨过暑假. 4 (idm 习语) spend the `night with sb (euph 婉) sleep for a night in the same bed as and have sexual intercourse with sb to whom one is not married 跟某人过一夜（与非配偶同床并发生性行为）. spend a`penny (infml euph 口, 婉) go to the toilet; urinate 去厕所; 解?quot;?BR>
I´m just going to spend a penny. 我要去厕所.