spruce

英 [spruːs]

美 [spruːs]

n.  云杉; 云杉木
v.  打扮整齐; 使显干净
adj.  整洁的

现在分词：sprucing　过去分词：spruced　过去式：spruced　复数：spruces　第三人称单数：spruces　

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短语动词

短语用例

spruce up

spruce sb/sth/yourself↔up

• 打扮；把…收拾整洁
  to make sb/sth/yourself clean and neat

牛津词典

noun

• 云杉
  an evergreen forest tree with leaves like needles
• 云杉木
  the soft wood of the spruce , used, for example, in making paper

verb

verb

adj.

• 整洁的
  neat and clean in appearance

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 云杉;花旗松
  Aspruceis a kind of evergreen tree.
  1. Trees such as spruce, pine and oak have been planted.
     种植了云杉、松树和橡树等树木。
  2. ...a young blue spruce.
     蓝云杉幼株
  3. ...80-year-old spruces.
     有着80年树龄的云杉
  4. Spruceis the wood from this tree.
     云杉木材
  5. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.
     早期的定居者用云杉木、枫木和松木建造屋架。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)整洁漂亮的
  Someone who isspruceis very neat and smart in appearance.
  1. Chris was looking spruce in his stiff-collared black shirt and new short hair cut.
     克里斯穿着硬领黑衫，新理了短发，看起来整洁帅气。

英英释义

noun

• any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
• light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees

verb

• dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
  1. He spruced up for the party
  Synonym:spruce upslick upsmarten up
• make neat, smart, or trim
  1. Spruce up your house for Spring
  2. titivate the child
  Synonym:spruce uptitivatetittivatesmarten upslick upspiff up

adj

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  1. a dapper young man
  2. a jaunty red hat
  Synonym:dapperdashingjauntynattyraffishrakishspiffysnappy

双语例句

• Spruce and pine are evergreen trees.
  云杉和松树都是常绿树木。
• Light to moderate losses of pine and spruce cones are occasionally caused by squirrels.
  松树和云杉球果有时会遭到松鼠为害引起轻度或中等程度的损害。
• The insects have chewed up4 million acres of spruce trees.
  这些昆虫能吃掉4百万英亩的云杉树。
• So, be a spruce& because you want to reach new heights in your career.
  所以，做棵云杉吧，因为你希望能在职业生涯中抵达新的高度。
• The mast, which was a solid spruce spar, bent like a bow, and for a moment I thought we were going to lose it.
  坚固的云杉木做成的桅杆已经弯得像一把弓，那一刻我觉得它马上就要断了。
• Today spruce and other types of wood remain somewhat popular for aircraft construction.
  今天，云杉和其他类型仍然有点木建筑流行的飞机。
• The growth of spruce and fir needles is determinate.
  云杉和冷杉的针叶生长是有限的。
• But he chose a large spruce tree to land in near the fire, and climbed down.
  但他选择了降落在靠近火灾地的一颗巨大云杉树上，然后从树上爬下来。
• Those are planted spruce trees.
  那些是人工种植的云杉。
• Wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands esp. spruce.
  大面积分布的北美洲潮湿森林地带特别是云杉林中的浅褐色蛙。