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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The orchard is surrounded by spruce forest.
  该种子园四周有云杉林环绕。
• 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。
• You've reached the spruce woods earlier than me.
  比我还早到，先到云杉林了。
• 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。
• 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 softwoods are such trees as pine, fir and spruce.
  松、冷杉、云杉一类的树木是软木材。