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

Spot \Spot\, n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott
   spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See {Spit} to
   eject from the mouth, and cf. {Spatter}.]
   1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
      blot; a place discolored.

            Out, damned spot! Out, I say!         --Shak.

   2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
      purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.

            Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.

   3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
      from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
      leopard; the spots on a playing card.

   4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
      ``Fixed to one spot.'' --Otway.

            That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.

            ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But
            something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so
      called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

   6. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A sci[ae]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus}) of the
          Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
          spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
          bars on the sides. Called also {goody}, {Lafayette},
          {masooka}, and {old wife}.
      (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
          on each side at the base of the tail. See {Redfish}.

   7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
      immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]

   {Crescent spot} (Zo["o]l.), any butterfly of the family
      {Melit[ae]id[ae]} having crescent-shaped white spots along
      the margins of the red or brown wings.

   {Spot lens} (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
      light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
      small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
      ilumination; -- called also {spotted lens}.

   {Spot rump} (Zo["o]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
      h[ae]mastica}).

   {Spots on the sun}. (Astron.) See {Sun spot}, ander {Sun}.

   {On}, or {Upon}, {the spot}, immediately; before moving;
      without changing place.

            It was determined upon the spot.      --Swift.

   Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
        blemish; place; site; locality.