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字典中spot的翻译有：

n.地点, 场所, 职位, 污点, 斑点, 少量, 聚光灯, 插播节目
adj.现场的, 现货的, 插播的
v.（使）产生污渍, 玷污, 发现, 认出, 用灯光照射

现在看这些中文的意思非常混乱，我们用连锁型发展整理一下：

核心含义为：点

由点引申为：斑点，污点，少量，光斑点，聚光灯，舞台的聚光灯追随的演员，插播的节目，舞台的地点，地点，场所。

词性活用，名词转动词用法：

由污点引申为沾污，产生污渍，点出，标记出，认出，看到，发现。
由聚光灯引申为用灯光照射，让你看到，发现的意思。

韦伯斯特的解释：

1spot 1    n.
Pronunciation:     'spät
Function:           noun
Etymology:          Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch spotte stain, speck, Old Norse spotti small piece
Date:               13th century

1 : a taint on character or reputation : FAULT

2 a : a small area visibly different (as in color, finish, or material) from the surrounding area b (1) : an area marred or marked (as by dirt) (2) : a circumscribed surface lesion of disease (as measles) or decay c : a conventionalized design used on playing cards to distinguish the suits and indicate values

3 : an object having a specified number of spots or a specified numeral on its surface

4 : a small quantity or amount : BIT

5 a : a particular place, area, or part b : a small extent of space

6 plural usually spot : a small croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast with a black spot behind the opercula

7 a : a particular position (as in an organization or a hierarchy) b : a place or appearance on an entertainment program

8 : SPOTLIGHT

9 : a position usually of difficulty or embarrassment

10 : a brief announcement or advertisement broadcast between scheduled radio or television programs

11 : a brief segment or report on a broadcast especially of news

 
 –on the spot
1 : at once : IMMEDIATELY
2 : at the place of action
3 a : in a responsible or accountable position b : in a difficult or trying situation

2spot 2    n.
Function:           verb
Inflected Form:    spot·ted ; spot·ting
Date:               14th century

transitive verb
1 : to stain the character or reputation of : DISGRACE

2 : to mark in or with a spot : STAIN

3 : to locate or identify by a spot

4 a : to single out : IDENTIFY especially : to note as a known criminal or a suspicious person b : DETECT, NOTICE c (1) : to locate accurately (2) : to cause to strike accurately

5 a : to lie at intervals in or over : STUD b : to place at intervals or in a desired spot c : to fix in or as if in the beam of a spotlight d : to schedule in a particular spot or at a particular time

6 : to remove a spot from

7 : to allow as a handicap

intransitive verb
1 : to become stained or discolored in spots
2 : to cause a spot
3 : to act as a spotter especially : to locate targets
4 : to experience abnormal and sporadic bleeding in small amounts from the uterus

 
 –spot·ta·ble \'spä-tə-bəl\ adjective 3spot 3    n.
Function:           adjective
Date:               1881

1 a : being, originating, or done on the spot or in or for a particular spot b : available for immediate delivery after sale c (1) : paid out upon delivery (2) : involving immediate cash payment d (1) : broadcast between scheduled programs (2) : originating in a local station for a national advertiser e : performing occasionally when needed

2 : made at random or restricted to a few places or instances also : selected at random or as a sample spot (as used in expressions) 4    n.

beauty spot
black spot
blind spot
flying spot
G spot
hit the spot
hot spot
Johnny on the spot
leaf spot
yellow spot
ring spot
soft spot
on the spot
spot check
spot on
spot pass
spot test
sweet spot
warm spot
age spots
liver spots
hit the high spots
northern spotted owl
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
spotted alfalfa aphid
spotted cucumber beetle
spotted dick
spotted dog
spotted fever
spotted knapweed
spotted owl
spotted salamander
spotted sea trout
spotted weakfish
spotted turtle
two spotted spider mite
two spotted mite

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