Spurred

(imp. & p. p.) of Spur

(a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.

(a.) Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.

整理:华莱士

• I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• No other art was spurred to activity by such strong incentives, and none received the same encouragement and reward for its development. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The sword overhung the emperor and spurred him to incessant activity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At other times I spurred on the animal before my companions, that I might forget them, the world, and, more than all, myself. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Encouraged by his wife’s great interest, and spurred on by the passion for invention, Gutenberg now set himself seriously to study the problem of engraving. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Turning their horses, therefore, at the same moment, the Norman spurred against the Disinherited Knight on the one side, and the Saxon on the other. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Still as I narrated, instead of checking, he incited me to proceed he spurred me by the gesture, the smile, the half-word. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Fred spurred his horse, and they trotted on a little way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her sides were bleeding where you had spurred her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It spurred the Portuguese to fresh attempts to reach India by the South African route. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When, at last, Haley appeared, booted and spurred, he was saluted with the bad tidings on every hand. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But as usual this apparently insurmountable difficulty only spurred him on to further effort. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He had been spurred and whipped and heavily sweated. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He now spurred his horse, and saying, I wish you good evening, Mr. Bulstrode; I must be getting home, set off at a trot. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

整理:华莱士