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🔊/ˈspelɪŋ/
🔊/ˈspelɪŋ/
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the act of forming words correctly from individual letters; the ability to do this拼写；拼写能力
    • the differences between British and American spelling英式英语和美式英语在拼写方面的区别
    • In American spelling ‘travelled’ only has one ‘l’.在美式拼写中，travelled 只有一个 l。
    • My spelling is terrible.我的拼写很糟糕。🔊🔊
    • a spelling mistake/error拼写错误/错误
    • There are guides to correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.有正确的语法，拼写和标点符号的指南。
    Topics Languagea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • correct
    • incorrect
    • conventional
    • …
    verb + spelling
    • use
    • check
    • correct
    • …
    spelling + noun
    • error
    • mistake
    • bee
    • …
    preposition
    • in … spelling
    • spelling for
    • spelling of
    • …
    phrases
    • be good, bad, etc. at spelling
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     [countable] the way that a particular word is written拼法
    • a list of difficult spellings难拼单词表
    • variant spellings不同的拼法
    • The document uses the British spelling for caesium.这份文件中 caesium 采用英式拼写。
    • spelling of something The composer's great-grandfather changed the spelling of his name from Greig to Grieg.作曲家的曾祖父把他的名字的拼写从格雷格改成了格里格。
    Topics Languagea2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • correct
    • incorrect
    • conventional
    • …
    verb + spelling
    • use
    • check
    • correct
    • …
    spelling + noun
    • error
    • mistake
    • bee
    • …
    preposition
    • in … spelling
    • spelling for
    • spelling of
    • …
    phrases
    • be good, bad, etc. at spelling
    See full entry
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