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spruce

KK:[sprus] DJ:[spruːs]

形變: 比較級:sprucer 最高級:sprucest

動變: 過去式:spruced 過去分詞:spruced 現在進行時:sprucing

權威釋義

英語

spruce¹

KK: [sprus] DJ: [spruːs]

雲杉[C]
雲杉木[U]
花旗松[C]

spruce²

KK: [sprus] DJ: [spruːs]

整潔的；瀟灑的

vt.

把……打扮得整潔漂亮[（+up）]
Spruce yourself up a fit-you look a mess.
把你自己打扮得整潔漂亮一點，你的樣子很邋遢。

vi.

把自己打扮得整潔漂亮[（+up）]

片語

spruce up

打扮得漂亮整潔
Go and spruce yourself up.
去打扮打扮。

衍生

ad.

sprucely

n. [U]

spruceness

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

spruce¹

adj.

neat and smart.

(spruce someone/thing up) make a person or place smarter.

Derivative

sprucely adv.
spruceness n.

Etymology

C16: perh. from spruce² in the obs. sense ‘Prussian’, in the phr. spruce (leather) jerkin.

spruce²

a widespread coniferous tree which has a distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, grown for wood, pulp, and Christmas trees. [Genus Picea: many species.]

Etymology

ME (denoting Prussia or something originating in Prussia): alt. of obs. Pruce ‘Prussia’.

spruce³

Brit. informal, dated engage in pretence, especially by feigning illness.

Derivative

sprucer n.

Etymology

early 20th cent.: of unknown origin.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

spruce1

spruce2

片語

衍生

spruce1

Derivative

Etymology

spruce2

Etymology

spruce3

Derivative

Etymology

spruce¹

spruce²

spruce¹

spruce²

spruce³