Spar : (권투에서)스파링하다, 대련하다, (자기주장을 내세우며) 옥신각신하다, 언쟁하다, (배/비행기)지주, 받침대, 기둥, (광물) 장석
1)
to spar, to practice boxing without hitting each other hard
to practice a combat sport
I went into gymnasium and there where two boxes sparring in the ring
his sparring partner is always beating him when they are sparring
2)
to spar, to fight
very often we use this verb to spar, meaning to argue
to dispute something with somebody
the husband and wife were always sparring
in debate, you could spar with the person that you are debating agaisnt
in parliament, the vaarious political parties are sparring with each other
fighting, arguing, disputing
you could spar with somebody verbally, you arugue with them
there are always sparring about this
to argue with
to fight with
it is not necessarily physical, it can be verbal, not aggressively not ina serious way
we always spar when we talk about politics
it's like you are practicing or you are putting your point of view
to squabble
3)
a spar, is a strong pole, a strong piece of wood
a pole that is used to hold the sail on a ship
a strong pole used to support the rigging
a strong pole used to support the sails, particularly in ships
a spar that holds the rigging in place on the ship or airplan
a spar that holds the sail in place on the ship or airplan
a spar, to talk about a strut that holds things in position
in an airplane, it's effectively a strut or a structural piece to hold the airplan rigid
structure something that holds it rigid that helps it to support
4)
notice, there is acutually another meaning in mineralogy as in feldspar (felspar)
it's a type of crystalline and clear material
it's got clear faces on it
Formality : 4.5 for arguing
Formality : 5 for structural use
Formality : 5 for feldspar of geological crystal
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