/ spu:n; spun/ n (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词)
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.
amount this can hold; spoonful 一杓的量: Two spoons of sugar, please. 请放两匙糖.
(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）.
spoonful / -fUl; -9fJl/ n (pl -fuls) amount that a spoon can hold 一杓的量: a heaped spoonful of sugar 满满的一匙糖.
# `spoon-feed v (pt, pp -fed) [Tn] (a) feed (a baby, etc) with a spoon 用杓喂（小孩儿等）. (b) (fig esp derog 比喻, 尤作贬义) give (sb) too much help or teaching in a way that does not allow him to think for himself 给（某人）过多的帮助或指教（使其无法独立思考）: Some teachers spoon-feed their students. 有些教师教书如喂食, 使学生不会独立思考.