English Dictionary

spoil

/spɔɪl/

noun

(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. / (archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim; spoliation, pillage, rapine.

I hate it when people spoil the ending of a movie.

意味（1）

(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.

Thoſe thouſand horſe shall ſweat with martiall ſpoyle

Thoſe thouſand horſe shall ſweat with martiall ſpoyle Of conquered kingdomes, and of Cities ſackt, […]

意味（2）

(archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim; spoliation, pillage, rapine.

This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men,

That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile,

This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.

意味（3）

(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.

In view of the decline in freight traffic, it was strange to hear from Mr. Lambert that there is a continuing problem of supplying, particularly for the civil engineer, the number of wagons required for carrying construction materials and spoil for various works.