火很旺：看得見的衝勁
這一支直接講火的強度，不問火的種類。
adjective · B2
Full of energy and strong will. A spirited person, animal, or performance keeps pushing and does not give in easily, and the word shows that you like this.
有衝勁的；有活力的
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a person with a fire burning inside them, and you can see it from the outside. The fire shows as energy, as noise, as refusing to stop. From there the word does two jobs: on its own it names that visible fire, and stuck onto another word it asks what kind of fire a person has.
spirited 可以想成一個人身體裡有一團火，而且這團火從外面看得見。它可能表現成動作快、聲音亮、被壓下去還要再站…更多收起
spirited 可以想成一個人身體裡有一團火，而且這團火從外面看得見。它可能表現成動作快、聲音亮、被壓下去還要再站起來。這個畫面一旦抓住，兩種用法就通了：單獨用的時候，它說的是「這團火很旺」；黏在別的字後面的時候，它問的是「這團火是什麼樣子的火」。Two branches
火是什麼樣子：合成字裡的性情
同一團火，換成問「它是哪一種火」，答案由前面那個字給。
adjective · C1
Used at the end of a compound adjective, after a word that describes character, to say what kind of nature someone has: sweet-spirited, tough-spirited, free-spirited, high-spirited.
…性情的；…心性的
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
spiritedadj/ˈspɪɹɪtɪd/
- 1
Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
- But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。