English Dictionary

spur

/spɜː/

verb

(transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig. / (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object

He spurts water from his mouth.

意味（1）

(transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.

Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood; Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!

意味（2）

(transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object

My desire / (More sharp than filed steel) did spur me forth...

意味（3）

(transitive) To put spurs on.

to spur boots

意味（4）

(intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.

意味（5）

To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)

It spurs off the Robin Hood line, providing ten miles of single-line test track with a three-mile double section, capable of testing up to 75mph.