spiritnoun/ˈspɪɹɪt/

• 1

  The soul of a person or other creature.

  • […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
  • […] a triumph of the spirit over the flesh.
• 2

  A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

  • A wandering spirit haunts the island.
  • He has seen spirits roam the house.
• 3

  A feeling of passion.

  • School spirit is at an all-time high.
  • The result may not quite give the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate that their spirit remains strong in the face of adversity.
• 4

  A feeling of passion.

  • "Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.
• 5

  The manner or style of something.

  • In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
  • No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
• 6

  Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.

  • the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document
• 7

  A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.

  • CRYSTALS of Venus or of copper, called also vitriol of Venus, is copper reduced into the form of vitriol by spirit of nitre, or by dissolving verdegris in good distilled vinegar, till the acid be saturated; it is very caustic and used to eat off proud flesh. It is also used by painters, and manufacturers, and sold under the name of distilled vinegar. See CHEMISTRY.
  • Another pair of terms which caused some confusion were Spirit of Saturn and Spirit of Venus, names suggesting compounds of lead and copper respectively. Jean Beguin described the preparation from minium and distilled vinegar of a liquid he called burning spirit of Saturn, because it was inflammable and he thought it was a compound of lead. Actually the lead takes no part in the reaction and the product of distilling lead acetate is impure acetone. Beguin’s terminology did not go without comment however, for Christopher Glaser later referred to ‘A burning Spirit of Saturn (as it is called) but rather, a Spirit of the Volatile Salt of Vinegar’. Tachenius referred to the product of distillation of copper acetate as ‘pretended spirit of Venus’ because it was really only distilled vinegar - the meaning which Macquer gave to the expression. It is typical of the confusion of terminology in early chemistry that the London Pharmacopoeia of 1721 gave the name Spiritus Veneris to sulphuric acid obtained by the distillation of copper sulphate.
• 8

  One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.

  • a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
  • Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges.

spiritverb/ˈspɪɹɪt/

• 1

  To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.

  • I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of felicity.
  • When I was young and full of grace, I sprited a rattlesnake. When I was young, a fever fell my spirit; I will not tell. You're on your honor not to tell.
• 2

  Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.

  • Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.
  • [H]e left behind many Officers and private Men, vvho novv ſpirit-up and aſſiſt thoſe obſtinate People to continue in their Rebellion.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Holy Spirit