资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spurn \Spurn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spurned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Spurning}.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over,
   AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG.
   spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr.
   sphur to jerk, to push. [root]171. See {Spur}.]
   1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

            [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
                                                  --Chaucer.

            I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.

   2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
      treat with contempt.

            What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of
            knighthood, I disdain and spurn.      --Shak.

            Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
            find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid
            them at their master's feet.          --Locke.