spell /spel/ vt. & vi. (spelt, spelt或spelled, spelled) 拼写；拼成，拼作：How do you spell your name? 你的名字怎么拼? C-A-T spells cat. C-A-T 拼成cat。 spell out 费力而缓慢地理解(字或文)；使清楚易懂；详细解释：It took the boy an hour to spell out a page of German. 那男孩花了一小时才吃力地读懂了一页德文。My request seems simple enough — do you want me to spell it out for you? 我的要求很简单—你要不要我为你解释清楚?
spelling /ˈspeliŋ/ n. 1.［u］拼法，拼写能力: be poor at spelling 拼写能力很差 Her spelling has improved. 她的拼写能力已有长进。2.［c］拼法，拼写办法: using a dictionary to check his spelling 用词典检查他的拼法；a word for which British and American spellings are different 一个英美拼法不同的词
