n.

1. 春季，春天[U][C]
   The mountains turn green when spring comes.

   春天來時，群山綠了。

2. 旺盛時期；青春年少時期[U]
3. 跳躍[C]
   He rose with a spring and dashed out the door.

   他一躍而起，奔出門去。

4. 彈簧[C]
5. 彈力；活力[U][S]
   There's little spring in this sofa.

   這張沙發幾乎沒什麼彈性。

6. 泉[P1]
7. 根源，源泉[C]
   Her vanity was the spring of her unhappiness.

   她的虛榮心是她不幸的根源。

8. 動機[C]

vi.

1. 跳，躍
2. 彈起，彈開，反彈
   The lid sprang open.

   蓋子啪地一聲彈開了。

3. 飛快地行動[（+to）]
   He sprang to his feet and rushed out of the room.

   他跳起身奔出了房間。

4. 突然出現，湧現[（+up）]
5. 源（於），來（自）[（+from）]
   A cry of anger sprang from the crowd.

   從人群中發出了憤怒的叫聲。

6. 一躍而成[（+into）]
7. 迅速生長；很快產生
8. 開裂，破裂
9. 【美】請客[（+for）]
10. 爆炸

vt.

1. 使彈起，使彈開
2. 使彈成某種狀況[O8]
   He sprang the lock open.

   他開了鎖。

3. 突然提出（或作出）
   Our regiment sprang a surprise attack on the enemy position.

   我團對敵人的陣地發動了一次突擊。

4. 使裂開
5. 扭傷
6. 給……上發條
7. 【口】花（錢）[（+for）]
   She sprang fifty dollars for best sellers.

   她花五十元錢買暢銷書。

8. 使爆炸

v.

1. move suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards.
   ▸cause (a game bird) to rise from cover.
2. move suddenly by or as if by the action of a spring.
3. operate or cause to operate by means of a spring mechanism.
4. (spring from) originate or appear from.
   ▸ (spring up) suddenly develop or appear.
   ▸ (spring something on) present something suddenly or unexpectedly to.
5. informal bring about the escape or release of (a prisoner).
6. [usu. as adj. sprung] provide (a vehicle or item of furniture) with springs.
7. (of wood) become warped or split.
8. (spring for) N. Amer. informal pay for.

n.

1. the season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear.
   ▸Astronomy  the period from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice.
2. an elastic device, typically a helical metal coil, that can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape when released.
   ▸elastic quality.
3. a sudden jump upwards or forwards.
4. a place where water wells up from an underground source.
5. an upward curvature of a ship's deck planking from the horizontal.
   ▸a split in a wooden plank or spar under strain.
6. Nautical  a hawser laid out from a ship's bow or stern and secured to a fixed point in order to prevent movement or assist manoeuvring.

[名]

1. 彈簧。