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

Spoil \Spoil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoiled}or {Spoilt}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Spoiling}.] [F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, fr. L.
   spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. {Despoil}, {Spoliation}.]
   1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --
      with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil
      one of his goods or possession. ``Ye shall spoil the
      Egyptians.'' --Ex. iii. 22.

            My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of
            his kingdom, and deprived of eues.    --Pope.

   2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.

            No man can enter into a strong man's house, and
            spoil his goods, except he will first bind the
            strong man.                           --Mark iii.
                                                  27.

   3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to
      mar.

            Spiritual pride spoils many graces.   --Jer. Taylor.

   4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;
      to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled
      by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

资料来源 : WordNet®

spoiling
     n 1: the process of becoming spoiled [syn: {spoilage}]
     2: the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her
        spoiling my dress was deliberate" [syn: {spoil}, {spoilage}]