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单词 sprucing
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ˈsprucing
ˈsprucing n. the action or process of making something spruce, neat, or attractive (usually with up).
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1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 82 Is this a time for tersing, and sprusing, and flaunting?
1753 R. P. Virtue Triumphant I. xx. 286 A litttle sprucing would have rendered him more than lightly agreeable.
1883 Youth's Compan. 15 Nov. 472/3 Bright and early, Archie began the ‘sprucing-up’ of the old buggy.
1919 Outlook 27 Aug. 643/2 For the most part the ‘sprucing up’ in that particular Iowa town is still going on.
2002 Toronto Metro 7 Nov. 6/3 The sprucing up is one of the final steps ending a two-year refurbishment of the suspension bridge.
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