• n. [礦物] 晶石；圓材（如桅、桁等）；爭論；拳斗
• vi. 爭論；拳擊
• vt. 裝圓材于
• n. (Spar)人名；(德)施帕爾；(法)斯帕爾

可能來自中古法語 esparer,踢，擊打，來自意大利語 sparare,踢，投擲，來自拉丁語 ex-,向外， parere,準備，擋開，詞源同 prepare,parry.原指斗雞游戲開斗時準備，后用于指人的拳擊練習， 引申比喻義爭論，討論，通常在比較友好的氛圍下進行。

來自中古英語 sparre,船筏，柱子，木柱，來自 Proto-Germanic*sparro,柱子，木柱，來自 PIE*spar, 柱子，木柱，詞源同 spear,spire.后用于指船只的桅桿，飛機的翼梁等。

一種水晶礦物狀石頭，可能回構自 sparstone,晶石，對等于 spear,尖刺，矛，stone,石頭。因 這種礦物呈尖刺狀而得名。常構成復合詞 feldspar,長石。

spar (n.1)

early 14c., "rafter;" late 14c., "stout pole," from or cognate with Middle Low German or Middle Dutch sparre, from Proto-Germanic *sparron (cognates: Old English *spere "spear, lance," Old Norse sperra "rafter, beam," German Sparren "spar, rafter"), from PIE root *sper- (1) "spear, pole" (see spear (n.1)). Nautical use, in reference to one used as a mast, yard, boom, etc., dates from 1630s. Also borrowed in Old French as esparre, which might be the direct source of the English word.

spar (v)

late 14c., "go quickly, rush, dart, spring;" c. 1400, "to strike or thrust," perhaps from Middle French esparer "to kick" (Modern French éparer), from Italian sparare "to fling," from Latin ex- (see ex-) + parare "make ready, prepare," hence "ward off, parry" (see pare). Etymologists consider a connection with spur unlikely. Used in 17c. in reference to preliminary actions in a cock fight; figurative sense of "to dispute, bandy with words" is from 1690s. Extension to humans, in a literal sense, with meaning "to engage in or practice boxing" is attested from 1755. Related: Sparred; sparring.

spar (n.2)

"crystalline mineral that breaks easily into fragments with smooth surfaces," 1580s, from Low German Spar, from Middle Low German *spar, *sper, cognate with Old English sp?r- in sp?rstan "gypsum."

1. With protective gear on you can spar with a partner.

戴上護具后可以和對手練習輕拳出擊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The mast, which was a solid spruce spar, bent like a bow, and for a moment I thought we were going to lose it.

堅固的云杉木做成的桅桿已經彎得像一把弓，那一刻我覺得它馬上就要斷了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. We can be conviniently studied with reference to a crystal of calcite or Iceland spar.

我們可以很方便地以方解石或冰洲石晶體來進行研究.

來自辭典例句

4. Mr Obama and John McCain continued to spar over foreign policy.

奧巴馬和約翰?麥凱恩在對外政策上仍在持續爭吵.

來自互聯網

5. The rope, rod, or spar on which such a ring moves.

環可供這種環移動的繩子 、 竿子或圓材.

來自互聯網