/spend ||; spɛnd/verb (
past tense past participle spent /spent
||; spɛnt/)
1 [I,T] spend (sth) (on sth) to give or pay money for sth 花费（金钱） · How much do you spend on food each week? 你每星期花多少钱买食物？You shouldn't go on spending like that. 你不该继续那样花钱。
2 [T] spend sth (on sth/doing sth) to pass time 度过，消磨（时间）: I spent a whole evening writing letters. 我花了整个晚上写信。I'm spending the weekend at my parents' house. 我将在父母处过周末。He spent two years in Rome. 他在罗马待了两年。I don't want to spend too much time on this project. 我不想在这项计划上花太多时间。