| 单词 | spruce |
| 释义 | spruce 1. adj. & v. --adj neat in dress and appearance; trim, smart. --vtr. & intr. (also refl.; usu. foll. by up) make or become smart. Derivatives sprucely adv. spruceness n. Etymology: perh. f. SPRUCE(2) in obs. sense 'Prussian', in the collocation spruce (leather) jerkin 2. n. 1. any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, with dense foliage growing in a distinctive conical shape. 2. the wood of this tree used as timber. Phrases and idioms spruce beer a fermented beverage using spruce twigs and needles as flavouring. Etymology: alt. of obs. Pruce Prussia: cf. PRUSSIAN 3. v. Brit. sl. 1. tr. deceive. 2. intr. lie, practise deception. 3. intr. evade a duty, malinger. Derivatives sprucer n. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. |
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