【spot音标】 英[spɒt] 美[spɑ:t]
【单词释义】 spot是什么意思：
n.地点，场所；斑点，污点；[股票]现货；职位，职务
v.弄上污渍，弄上斑点；污辱，玷污；看出；注意到；认出，发现；散步
adj.现场的；现货的；插播的
abbr. satellite positioning and tracking卫星定位和跟踪
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] spots [第三人称单数] spots
[单词现在分词] spotting
[单词过去式] spotted
[单词过去分词] spotted
【spot形近词/近似词】
depot n.(大宗物品的)贮藏处，仓库；<美>公共汽车站，火车站
despot n.专制君主，专制者；暴君
teapot n.茶壶
【常用短语】
on the spot 立刻，当场
【单词例句】
◇ In the courtyard he saw the horses and spotted hunting dogs lying there asleep, and on the roof the pigeons, perched with their little heads tucked under they wings.
最后，他到达了王宫，看见大院内狗躺在那儿沉睡，马厩里的马在沉睡，屋顶上的鸽子将头埋在翅膀下沉睡。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped. On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder. Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed.
他遇到了许多困难，但是从未停止，相反，困难推动他更努力地前进。三个月后，当他被一艘船偶然发现时，真的是衣衫褴褛。
---- Sailing Home
◇ After completing its first year of observations in the southern sky, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has spotted some intriguing new exoplanets only 31 light-years away from Earth.
美国宇航局（NASA）的过境系外行星测量卫星（TESS）在完成对南半球天空的第一年观测后，发现了几颗距离地球仅31光年的有趣的新系外行星。
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ When you're using a treadmill at home, make sure there is plenty of clearance behind the machine, Stevenson said. Should you happen to fall off, you'll need a safe spot to land.
史蒂芬森指出，当你在家使用跑步机时，要确保跑步机后面有充足的空间。万一你从跑步机上摔下来，你需要一个安全的着地空间。
---- How to use treadmills safely
◇ McDonald's, Burger King, Jack in the Box... These fast food companies have something in common. Can you spot it?
麦当劳、汉堡王、玩偶匣汉堡店……这些快餐公司有一个共同点，你注意到了吗？
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ In fact, the aversion touched many cultures, from the long-standing taboo in Islamic countries against eating and drinking with one's left hand, to the expectation in ancient Japan that any wife who didn't favor her right could be legally divorced on the spot, no questions asked.
事实上，古人对左手的厌恶跨越多国文化，从伊斯兰国家长久以来对于用左手吃喝的禁忌，到日本古代不爱用右手的妻子可能会当场被休，合理合法，连质询都不需要。