| 单词 | spring |
| 释义 | spring (once / 32 pages) 1vn 2v 3n 4n There's nothing like sitting on a sharp tack to make you spring out of your chair. The verb spring means to leap or bounce up suddenly. When you spring, you jump abruptly. In fact, your body acts like another definition of spring, "a coil of metal that bounces back when pushed." The Old English springan, "to leap, burst forth, or fly up," is the root of spring, and most uses of the word are clearly connected to that origin. Even when an idea springs to mind, or you spring bad news on someone, the thoughts seem to leap forward. WORD FAMILYspring: sprang, springed, springing, springless, springlike, springs, sprung USAGE EXAMPLESShe was a Girl Scouts leader, Sunday school teacher and volunteer at Rock Spring Congregational Church in Arlington. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) As players arrived to collect their belongings from the team’s practice center, some exchanged goodbyes, unsure if they would be back here in the spring. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) He first appeared with Trump during the spring’s Indiana primary and reappeared at rallies in the Midwest during the general-election stretch run. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v move forward by leaps and bounds Syn|Hypo|Hyper bound, jump, leap pronk jump straight up bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hopspring back; spring away from an impact burstmove suddenly, energetically, or violently bounceleap suddenly caprioleperform a capriole, of horses in dressage galumphmove around heavily and clumsily ski jumpjump on skis saltateleap or skip, often in dancing vaultbound vigorously leapfrogjump across overleap, vaultjump across or leap over (an obstacle) curvetperform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse hop, hop-skip, skipjump lightly caperjump about playfully hopmake a jump forward or upward kick, kick back, recoilspring back, as from a forceful thrust bound off, skipbound off one point after another caromrebound after hitting hurdlejump a hurdle move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v spring back; spring away from an impact Syn|Hypo|Hyper bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop kick, kick back, recoil spring back, as from a forceful thrust bound off, skipbound off one point after another caromrebound after hitting bound, jump, leap move forward by leaps and bounds 3n a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards Syn|Hypo|Hyper bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation caper, capriole a playful leap or hop pouncethe act of pouncing jump, jumping the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground 4n the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length Syn|Hyper give, springiness elasticity, snap the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed 5n a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed 2the spring was broken Hypo|Hyper bedspring (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed coil spring, volute springa spring in the shape of a coil leaf springlong narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together mainspringthe most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism spiral springa spring that is wound like a spiral box springa coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth hairspringa fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece elastic device any flexible device that will return to its original shape when stretched 1v produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving Hyper break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret 2v develop suddenly The tire sprang a leak Hyper acquire, develop, get, grow, produce come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) 3v develop into a distinctive entity 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper form, take form, take shape regenerate be formed or shaped anew become come into existence 1n a natural flow of ground water Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring Old Faithful a geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts for about 4 minutes about every 65 minutes Fountain of Youth a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again geysera spring that discharges hot water and steam hot spring, thermal springa natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above formation, geological formation (geology) the geological features of the earth 2n a point at which water issues forth 4Hyper beginning, origin, root, rootage, source the place where something begins, where it springs into being n the season of growth the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring he will hold office until the spring of next year Syn|Hyper springtime season, time of year one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions |
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