n. 污点, 地点, 斑点, 点, 娱乐场所, 处境, 少量

a. 当场的, 现场的, 现货买卖的, 现金交易的, 抽样的

vt. 点缀, 玷污, 认出, 准确定...的位, 用灯光照射

vi. 玷污, (从空中)侦察敌方目标

[医] 点, 斑

[经] 现货; 现付的, 专做现货生意的

Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw.
spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See {Spit}
to eject from the mouth, and cf. {Spatter}.]
1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
blot; a place discolored.

Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak.

2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.

Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.

3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
leopard; the spots on a playing card.

4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
``Fixed to one spot.'' --Otway.

That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.

``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
--Wordsworth.

5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so
called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

6. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A sci[ae]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus}) of the
Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
bars on the sides. Called also {goody}, {Lafayette},
{masooka}, and {old wife}.
(b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
on each side at the base of the tail. See {Redfish}.

7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]

{Crescent spot} (Zo["o]l.), any butterfly of the family
{Melit[ae]id[ae]} having crescent-shaped white spots along
the margins of the red or brown wings.

{Spot lens} (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
illumination; -- called also {spotted lens}.

{Spot rump} (Zo["o]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
h[ae]mastica}).

{Spots on the sun}. (Astron.) See {Sun spot}, ander {Sun}.

{On the spot}, or {Upon the spot}, immediately; before
moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision
on the spot.

It was determined upon the spot. --Swift.

Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
blemish; place; site; locality.


Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spotting}.]
1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.

2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]

3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.

My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.

If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.

{To spot timber}, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.


Spot \Spot\, v. i.
To become stained with spots.


Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), a.
Lit., being on the spot, or place; hence (Com.), on hand for
immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as,
spot wheat.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]