英语词汇“spruce”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spruce²

(sprs)

adj. spruc·er, spruc·est

Neat, trim, and smart in appearance: "a good-looking man; spruce and dapper, and very tidy" (Anthony Trollope).

v. spruced, spruc·ing, spruc·es

v.tr.

To make neat and trim: spruced up the chairs with new slipcovers.

v.intr.

To make oneself neat and smart in appearance: He was sprucing for the school dance.

[Perhaps from obsolete spruce leather, Prussian leather, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia; see SPRUCE¹.]

sprucely adv.

spruceness n.

单词	spruce
释义	spruce² (sprs) adj. spruc·er, spruc·est Neat, trim, and smart in appearance: "a good-looking man; spruce and dapper, and very tidy" (Anthony Trollope). v. spruced, spruc·ing, spruc·es v.tr. To make neat and trim: spruced up the chairs with new slipcovers. v.intr. To make oneself neat and smart in appearance: He was sprucing for the school dance. [Perhaps from obsolete spruce leather, Prussian leather, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia; see SPRUCE¹.] sprucely adv. spruceness n.
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