单词 | spry |
释义 | spry From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspryspry /spraɪ/ adjectiveENERGETICa spry old person has energy and is active SYN sprightly He’s still remarkably spry. —spryly adverbExamples from the Corpusspry• A grey squirrel, spry after its winter sleep, startled Ben by scampering across his path.• Out of doors Shaw continued to look spry and active well into his eighties.• Mum is still spry and energetic - and she's 91.• Some of your team should be spry, others should be massive.• a spry silver-haired grandmother• Though apparently quite spry, the old men's memories are not what they once were.Origin spry (1700-1800) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language |
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