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

• 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。
• 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。
• You got a Canadian blue spruce last year.
  你去年买了一棵加拿大蓝云杉。
• Medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches.
  加州和俄勒冈州中型云杉，树枝下垂。
• Two-thirds of the area are covered with immense forests of pine, spruce and birch.
  面积的三分之二由广阔的松林、云杉林和白桦林所覆盖。
• The finely twined baskets are made with young, pliable spruce roots.
  这些编织精美的篮子是用柔韧的云杉嫩树根编成的。
• Medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones.
  北美东北部一种中型云杉，蓝绿色短叶，细长球果。
• 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。
• Light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork.
  轻而软的云杉木料，有适度韧性，尤其用于建房和木制品制作。
• The softwoods are such trees as pine, fir and spruce.
  松、冷杉、云杉一类的树木是软木材。