| 单词 | spree |
| 释义 | spree (once / 2505 pages) nv If you go on a spree, you go a little wild, indulging in some activity in an unrestrained way. You might go on a cupcake spree every year on your birthday, eating as many cupcakes as you can. Following your impulses and giving in to them — rather than resisting or limiting them — is one way to go on a spree. It can be a dancing spree, in which you dance all night long, or a shopping spree, in which you max out your credit card at the mall. The original slang meaning, and one that's still used today, is "a drinking bout," and it may be rooted in the French word esprit, "lively wit." WORD FAMILYspree: spreed, sprees USAGE EXAMPLESMiami Beach police tell local news outlets that dozens of bullets were fired during the shooting spree early Tuesday on Ocean Drive. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) The company is enjoying rising sales as Chinese consumers shrug off the country’s slowing economic growth and continue their online buying spree. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) The sole survivor of a family killing spree wonders: ‘Why am I the one who was left?’ Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a brief indulgence of your impulses Syn|Hypo|Hyper fling spending spree a brief period of extravagant spending intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence 2v engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping Hyper gratify, indulge, pander yield (to); give satisfaction to |
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