英語單詞

spry是什麽意思

spry

英 [spraɪ] 美 [spraɪ]
  • adj. 活潑的;敏捷的;精神好的
  • n. (Spry)人名;(英)斯普賴

英文詞源


spry (adj.)
1746, "active, nimble, vigorous, lively," dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly [Barnhart], or from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse sprækr, dialectal Swedish sprygg "brisk, active"), from Proto-Germanic *sprek-, from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).

雙語例句


1. The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
這位老先生依然健旺。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A fall on the leaves didn't hurt a spry fellow like him.
摔倒在樹葉上,傷不著象他這號利索的家夥.

來自辭典例句

3. He was a spry, suave, and very precise general.
他是一位生氣勃勃, 溫文爾雅, 一絲不苟的將軍.

來自辭典例句

4. He was hollow - chested, squint - eyed, and rather shambling, but spry enough withal.
他胸膛低陷, 眼睛斜視, 步履蹣跚, 但又著實生氣勃勃.

來自辭典例句

5. Paul Sherman Yale was small, spry and upright.
保羅·謝爾曼·耶爾身材矮小, 動作敏捷,站得筆挺.

來自辭典例句

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