English Dictionary

spare

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/

形容詞

イギリス英語 くだけた表現

Scant; not abundant or plentiful. / Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money. / Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

日本語の意味

乏しい、十分でない、豊かでない。 / 倹約的、節約志向でお金をあまり使わない。 / 必要以上の、余分な、不要な、あるいは使われないもの。

Her spare explanation left us confused and needing more details.

彼女の乏しい説明は私たちを混乱させ、より詳しい説明が必要になった。

意味（1）

Scant; not abundant or plentiful.

a spare diet

意味（2）

Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.

He was spare, […] but discreet of speech.

意味（3）

Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

I have no spare time.

意味（4）

Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.

a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre

意味（5）

Not occupied or in current use.

We could rent out the spare room.

意味（6）

Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.

意味（7）

(UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.

When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.

sparer （ comparative ）

sparest （ superlative ）