spend
/spend; spɛnd/ v
(pt, pp spent / spent; spɛnt/)
1 [I, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on/sth) give or pay out (money) for goods, services, etc 用（钱）; 花（钱）
He spends as if he were a millionaire. 他用起钱来像个百万富翁似的.
She's spent all her money. 她把钱都花光了.
He spends too much (money) on clothes. 他在衣著上花费太大.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on sth/in doing sth)
(a) use (time, etc) for a purpose 花（时间等）
spend a lot of time on a project/(in) explaining a plan 花很多时间进行某项目[解释某方案]
spend one's energy cleaning the place up 用力气把那地方打扫乾净.
(b) use sth up; exhaust sth 用完, 耗尽（某物）
The blizzard quickly spent itself, ie used up all its force. 暴风雪很快就停了下来.
They went on firing until they had spent all their ammunition. 他们不停地射击, 耗尽了所有的弹药.
I've spent all my energy on this. 我对此事已呕尽心血.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
pass (time) 度过, 消磨（时间）
How do you spend your spare time? 你业余时间怎麽打发?
spend a weekend in Paris 在巴黎过周末
spend summer holidays by the sea 在海滨过暑假.
4 (idm 习语) spend the `night with sb (euph 婉) sleep for a night in the same bed as and have sexual intercourse with sb to whom one is not married 跟某人过一夜（与非配偶同床并发生性行为）. spend a`penny (infml euph 口, 婉) go to the toilet; urinate 去厕所; 解小便
I'm just going to spend a penny. 我要去厕所.