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　

GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.20859 / COCA.12470

短语动词

spruce up
1. 装扮；打扮

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

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

Tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia; resembles Norway spruce.
欧洲北部和亚洲的一种高大的云杉；与欧洲云杉相似。
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。
You got a Canadian blue spruce last year.
你去年买了一棵加拿大蓝云杉。
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。
Some visitors spend weeks seeking more remote and even more pristine sanctuaries islanded with towering pines and spruce.
一些游客消磨上数星期的时间在耸立的松树和云杉的小岛上来寻求更多的清净和纯净的庇护。
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。
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。
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。
During this time in aviation history spruce was cheaper than aluminum or steel.
在这段时间云杉航空史上是比铝或钢便宜。
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。