spar /spɑː/ TEM8 ( sparring, sparred, spars )

• 1. 

  V-RECIP If you spar with someone, you box using fairly gentle blows instead of hitting your opponent hard, either when you are training or when you want to test how quickly your opponent reacts. (练习时或试探对手反应时的) 轻拳出击

  例：

  He entered the ring to spar a few one-minute rounds with an old friend.

  他进了拳击场与一个老朋友练了几个一分钟回合的轻拳出击。

• 2. 

  N an unaggressive fight 不剧烈的打斗

• 3. 

  N any of various minerals, such as feldspar or calcite, that are light-coloured, microcrystalline, transparent to translucent, and easily cleavable 圆材