| 单词 | spring |
| 释义 | Word Frequency spring(sprɪŋ) verbWord forms: springs, springing, sprang, sprung or sprung 1. to move or cause to move suddenly upwards or forward in a single motion 2. to release or be released from a forced position by elastic force the bolt sprang back 3. (transitive) to leap or jump over 4. (intransitive) to come, issue, or arise suddenly 5. (intransitive) (of a part of a mechanism, etc) to jump out of place 6. to make (wood, etc) warped or split or (of wood, etc) to become warped or split 7. to happen or cause to happen unexpectedly to spring a surprise the boat sprung a leak 8. (intransitive) to develop or originate the idea sprang from a chance meeting 9. (intransitive; usually foll by from) to be descended he sprang from peasant stock 10. (intransitive; often foll by up) to come into being or appear suddenly factories springing up 11. (transitive) (of a gun dog) to rouse (game) from cover 12. (intransitive) (of game or quarry) to start or rise suddenly from cover 13. (intransitive) to appear to have a strong upward movement the beam springs away from the pillar 14. to explode (a mine) or (of a mine) to explode 15. (transitive) to provide with a spring or springs 16. (transitive) informal to arrange the escape of (someone) from prison 17. (intransitive) archaic or poetic (of daylight or dawn) to begin to appear noun 18. the act or an instance of springing 19. a leap, jump, or bound 20. a. the quality of resilience; elasticity b. (as modifier) spring steel 21. the act or an instance of moving rapidly back from a position of tension 22. a. a natural outflow of ground water, as forming the source of a stream b. (as modifier) spring water 23. a. a device, such as a coil or strip of steel, that stores potential energy when it is compressed, stretched, or bent and releases it when the restraining force is removed b. (as modifier) a spring mattress 24. a structural defect such as a warp or bend 25. a. (sometimes capital) the season of the year between winter and summer, astronomically from the March equinox to the June solstice in the N hemisphere and from the September equinox to the December solstice in the S hemisphere b. (as modifier) spring showers ▶ Related adjective: vernal26. the earliest or freshest time of something 27. a source or origin 28. one of a set of strips of rubber, steel, etc, running down the inside of the handle of a cricket bat, hockey stick, etc 29. Also called: spring line nautical a mooring line, usually one of a pair that cross amidships 30. a flock of teal 31. architecture another name for springing Derived forms springless (ˈspringless) adjective springlike (ˈspringˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English springan; related to Old Norse springa, Old High German springan, Sanskrit sprhayati he desires, Old Slavonic pragu grasshopper |
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