English Dictionary

spirit

/ˈspɪɹɪt/

noun

The soul of a person or other creature. / A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel. / Enthusiasm. / The manner or style of something.

The spirit of the forest whispered through the trees.

意味（1）

The soul of a person or other creature.

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

意味（2）

A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

A wandering spirit haunts the island.

意味（3）

Enthusiasm.

The result may not quite give the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate that their spirit remains strong in the face of adversity.

意味（4）

The manner or style of something.

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

意味（5）

(usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.

意味（6）

Energy; ardour.

Write it then, quickly, replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.

意味（7）

One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.

a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit

意味（8）

(often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.

to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits

意味（9）

(obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

For else he sure had left not one aliue,>br>But all in his reuenge of spirite would depriue.

意味（10）

(obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.

Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use of it.

意味（11）

Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.

the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document

意味（12）

(alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

the foure spirites and the bodyes seven

意味（13）

(dyeing) Stannic chloride.