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

单词	spruce
释义	spruce I. \ˈsprüs\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: from obsolete Spruce Prussia, from Middle English, alteration of Pruce, from Old French 1. a. : an evergreen tree of the genus Picea marked by dense foliage forming a conical head and widely cultivated for ornament b. : the light soft moderately strong wood of the spruce tree that is less resinous than pine and is used especially for timbers, millwork, and musical instruments — compare fir c. : any of several other coniferous trees (as the Douglas fir) 2. : a variable color averaging a dark grayish green that is bluer and stronger than average ivy, bluer and darker than Persian green, and bluer, lighter, and slightly stronger than hemlock green 3. : spruce beer II. adjective (often -er/-est) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English Spruce (leather), a kind of smart leather imported from Prussia and used to make jerkins 1. : smart, active, spirited < a spruce, lively air, fashionable dress — Earl of Chesterfield > < the thick orchestral texture is well recorded and some of the chording is admirably spruce — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor > < even pedestrian old stuff is pretty spruce under his editing, and the really good jokes take wing — D.T.W.McCord > 2. : neat, clean-lined, or smart in appearance : trim < how spruce he looks in his finery — W.E.M.Campbell > < had great neatness of person, and he continued to wear his spruce black coat and his bowler hat … in a dapper, jaunty manner — W.S.Maugham > < the store looked cheerful and spruce and spanking clean — Arthur Cavanaugh > III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* : to make (a person or thing) trim, smart, or spruce < the interior … was so spruced, so glistening with white paint — Sylvia T. Warner > < sprucing himself for the party > — often used with up < bought a buggy and came to town spruced up in store clothes — W.A.White > < amusement arcades have spruced themselves up for the summer season — D.K.Keay > < a short collection of notions … some of them spruced up as epigrams, others running as long as a page — New Yorker > *intransitive verb* : to make oneself spruce — usually used with up < makes a mad dash for the comfortable waiting rooms … to spruce up a bit — Lynn Grok > < spruce up, child, shoulders back, smile, look pleasant — New York Times > IV. adverb (often -er/-est) : sprucely
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