spoil
51spoil past tense and past participle spoiled or spoilt, — BrE verb 1 RUIN STH (T) to have a bad effect on something so that it is no longer attractive, enjoyable, useful etc: The countryside has been spoiled by the new freeway. | Don t spoil your sister s birthday by crying at her party. | spoil… …
52spoil heap — noun : a pile of refuse material from an excavation * * * spoil bank or spoil heap noun A deposit of spoil • • • Main Entry: ↑spoil …
53Spoil system — En ciencia política, la expresión inglesa spoil system describe una práctica por la cual los partidos políticos del gobierno distribuyen a sus propios miembros y simpatizantes cargos institucionales y posiciones de poder. Si bien la línea general …
54spoil heap — noun a) A heap formed of spoil (material discarded during mining or excavation). b) The place where spoil is dumped. Syn: slag heap …
55spoil pile — a) A bank, mound, or other artificial accumulation composed of spoil; e.g., an embankment of earthy material removed from a ditch and deposited alongside it. Compare: dredge spoil bank. b) A pile of refuse material from an excavation… …
56spoil bank — A bank, mound, or other artificial accumulation of rock debris and earthy dump deposits removed from ditches, strip mines, or other excavations. Compare: dredge spoil bank. SW …
57spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar — (UK) If someone spoils the ship for a ha pworth (halfpenny s worth) of tar, they spoil something completely by trying to make a small economy. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
58Spoil-it-all, Mr — A nonce name used in Rabbit Redux, by John Updike. A young man has just explained what happens in a film. ‘Thank you, Mr Spoil it all. I feel I’ve seen it now,’ says his mother …
59spoil five — noun Etymology: spoil (II) + five; from the rule that the game is spoiled if no one wins three of the five tricks : a card game in which a pool is won by a player who wins three of the five tricks with a bonus for winning all five …
60spoil — См. spoile …