单词 | spruce |
释义 | Word Frequency spruce 1(spruːs) noun 1. any coniferous tree of the N temperate genus Picea, cultivated for timber and for ornament: family Pinaceae. They grow in a pyramidal shape and have needle-like leaves and light-coloured wood See also Norway spruce, blue spruce, white spruce, black spruce 2. the wood of any of these trees Word origin C17: short for Spruce fir, from C14 Spruce Prussia, changed from Pruce, via Old French from Latin PrussiaWord Frequency spruce 2(spruːs) adjective neat, smart, and trim Derived forms sprucely (ˈsprucely) adverb spruceness (ˈspruceness) noun Word origin C16: perhaps from Spruce leather a fashionable leather imported from Prussia; see spruce1 |
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