spree

• n. 狂歡；無節製的狂熱行為；歡鬧
• vi. 狂歡；狂飲
• n. (Spree)人名；(德)施普雷

俚語，可能來自法語 espirt,精神，生機勃勃，詞源同 spirit.引申詞義玩樂，狂歡。

spree (n.)

"a frolic, drinking bout," 1804, slang, earliest use in Scottish dialect works, of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit "lively wit" (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spre seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr. Watkins proposes a possible origin as an alteration of Scots spreath "cattle raid," from Gaelic sprédh, spré, "cattle; wealth," from Middle Irish preit, preid, "booty," ultimately from Latin praeda "plunder, booty" (see prey (n.)).

The splore is a frolic, a merry meeting. In the slang language of the inhabitants of St Giles's, in London, it is called a spree or a go. [Note in "Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern," vol. II, London, 1810]

In Foote's comedy "The Maid of Bath" (1794) the word appears as a Scottish dialect pronunciation of spry: " 'When I intermarried with Sir Launcelot Coldstream, I was en siek a spree lass as yoursel; and the baronet bordering upon his grand climacteric;' " etc.

1. They went on the spree and spent a lot of money.

他們大吃大喝,花了一大筆錢.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. Some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.

一些美國人在12月瘋狂花錢，以避開新稅。

來自柯林斯例句

3. After her shoplifting spree she lived in mortal dread of being found out.

在商店連番行竊之後,她惶恐終日,害怕給人發現.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Old Sebastian's on the spree again.

老塞巴斯蒂安又狂歡了.

來自辭典例句

5. He went on a drinking spree.

他狂飲作樂.

來自辭典例句