type of grain, Old English spelt "spelt, corn," perhaps an early borrowing from Late Latin spelta "spelt" (noted as a foreign word), which is perhaps from Germanic *spilt-, from PIE *speld-, extended form of root *spel- (1) "to split, to break off" (probably in reference to the splitting of its husks in threshing); see spill (v.).
The word had little currency in English, and its history is discontinuous. Widespread in Romanic languages (Italian spelta, Spanish espelta, Old French spelte, Modern French épeautre). The word also is widespread in Germanic (Old High German spelta, German Spelt), and a Germanic language is perhaps the source of the Late Latin word.
双语例句
1. He gave his name and then helpfully spelt it.
他说出自己的名字，然后又热心地将它拼了出来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. "Tang" is "Gnat" spelt backwards.
Gnat倒着写出来就是Tang。
来自柯林斯例句
3. His speech spelt out his party's policy on foreign affairs.
他的演说阐明了他的政党的对外政策.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. You have spelt this word wrong.
你把这个词拼错了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. Owing to a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.
