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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spent
 (vbl.)spend的過去式和過去分詞(a.)用盡的,精疲力竭的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spend v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spent p. pr. & vb. n. Spending.]
 1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
    Spend thou that in the town.   --Shak.
    Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?   --Isa. lv. 2.
 2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
 I . . . am never loath
 To spend my judgment.   --Herbert.
 3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
 4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
    We spend our years as a tale that is told.   --Ps. xc. 9.
 5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
    Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst.   --Knolles.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spent a.
 1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.
 Now thou seest me
 Spent, overpowered, despairing of success.   --Addison.
    Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground.   --Dryden.
 2. Zool. Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
 Spent ball, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spent
      adj 1: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired;
             completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her
             exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged
             and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs";
             "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses
             and cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: exhausted, dog-tired,
              fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn-out(a),
              worn out(p)]
      2: having all been spent; "the money is all gone" [syn: gone,
          expended]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spend
      v 1: pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your
           summer vacation?" [syn: pass]
      2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: expend, drop]
      3: spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
      [also: spent]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spent
      See spend