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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Collins.1 / BNC.20859 / COCA.12470

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

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