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

spruce¹ /sproos/

noun

Any conifer of the genus Picea, with long shoots only, four-angled needles, and pendulous cones
Its wood
Spruce beer

adjective

Of spruce or its wood

ORIGIN: OE Spruce Prussia, altered from Pruce, via OFr from L Prussia

spruce beer noun

A drink made from a fermentation of sugar or treacle and the green tops of spruce

spruce budworm noun

The larva of a N American moth that feeds on conifer buds

spruce fir noun

spruce pine noun

adjective

adverb

Sprucely

transitive verb

To smarten

intransitive verb

To become spruce or smart (often with up)

ORIGIN: Prob from spruce¹, from ‘spruce leather’ a fine soft leather used for making jackets (obtained from Pruce or Prussia) in the 16c

spruceˈly adverb

spruceˈness noun

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