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

noun | verb

sprucespruce1 /sprus/ noun [countable, uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYspruce¹

Origin: 1600-1700 spruce fir spruce, from Spruce Prussia, former European country, now part of Germany (14-17 centuries)

a tree that grows in northern countries and has short leaves shaped like needles

noun | verb

sprucespruce2 verb

ETYMOLOGYspruce²

Origin: [ 1500-1600 From ➔ SPRUCE³

VERB TABLE

spruce

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	spruce
	he, she, it	spruces
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	spruced
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have spruced
	he, she, it	has spruced
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had spruced
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will spruce
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have spruced

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sprucing
	he, she, it	is sprucing
	you, we, they	are sprucing
Past	I, he, she, it	was sprucing
	you, we, they	were sprucing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sprucing
	he, she, it	has been sprucing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sprucing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sprucing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sprucing

spruce up phrasal verb1 spruce something ↔ up informal to make yourself or something look neater and cleaner: We wanted to spruce the house up before selling it.2 spruce (yourself) up informal to make yourself look neater and cleaner: Meg went upstairs to spruce up before dinner.