单词 | sprig |
释义 | Word Frequency sprig(sprɪɡ) noun 1. a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc; spray 2. an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers 3. a small wire nail without a head 4. informal, rare a youth 5. informal, rare a person considered as the descendant of an established family, social class, etc 6. New Zealand another name for stud1 (sense 7) verbWord forms: sprigs, sprigging or sprigged (transitive) 7. to fasten or secure with sprigs 8. to ornament (fabric, wallpaper, etc) with a design of sprigs 9. to make sprays from (twigs and branches) Derived forms sprigger (ˈsprigger) noun spriggy (ˈspriggy) adjective Word origin C15: probably of Germanic origin; compare Low German sprick, Swedish sprygg |
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