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spell
/spɛl/
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1 · noun
a continuous period of a particular kind of weather or activity
一段持续的时间
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During the long spell of overcast, rainy weather, the flowers by the window looked especially vivid.
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连续阴雨的日子里，窗边的花显得格外鲜亮。
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