spoon
/spu:n; spun/ n (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词)
1 utensil with a shallow oval or round bowl on a handle, used for stirring, serving and taking up food (esp puddings and soups) to the mouth 杓; 匙子; 羹匙
a large wooden `spoon 大木杓
a `tablespoon 大餐匙
a `soup-spoon 汤匙 * a `teaspoon 茶匙.
2 amount this can hold; spoonful 一杓的量
Two spoons of sugar, please. 请放两匙糖.
3 (idm 习语) born with a silver spoon in one's mouth => born. spoon, v [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
1 lift and move (sth) with a spoon in the specified way or direction 用杓舀（某物）
spoon sugar from the packet into a bowl 把食糖从袋子中舀到糖罐里
spoon up one's soup 用杓舀汤
spoon out the peas 用匙子舀取豌豆.
2 ~ sth (up) hit (a ball) feebly upwards 轻轻向上击（球）.