1590s, formerly also spear-ribs, from spare (adj.), here indicating probably "absence of fat;" or perhaps from Middle Low German ribbesper "spare ribs," from sper "spit," and meaning originally "a spit thrust through pieces of rib-meat" [Klein]; if so, it is related to spar (n.1).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. In her spare time she read books on cooking.
業(yè)余時(shí)間里她看一些烹飪方面的書籍。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He spends his spare time visiting schools to warn pupils off drugs.