| 单词 | spring |
| 释义 | spring I. intransitive verb 1. a. (1) < the sparks sprang upward as he stirred the fire > (2) < the two halves sprang back together again — C.L.Carmer > b. < the veneer springs along the fracture — Andrew Wood & Thomas Linn > c. (2) < the blood springs from the wound > < the tears spring from her eyes > : issue as a stream < out of these curiously shaped mounds springs an unflagging supply of water — George Farwell > < turned on the first shining water tap, and watched the water spring, streaming, from it — Kay Boyle > 3. a. < white heather springs on the mountainsides — Isabel Lawrence > b. < both parents sprang from wealthy landowners — Cecil Sprigge > < sprang from a comfortable corner of the English middle class — J.M.Cameron > s c. < hope springs eternal in the human breast — Alexander Pope > < the horror springing up in his eyes as it came to him — J.B.Benefield > < towns sprang into being where cattle trails and stage lines met — American Guide Series: Texas > : proceed, result < her anxiety had sprung from a definite cause — Ellen Glasgow > d. archaic < at five the golden light began to spring — John Keats > e. < a breeze suddenly sprang up > 4. a. < sprang toward the door, but was intercepted in her intended flight — T.L.Peacock > < sprang across the stream, inviting those who shared his views to follow him — American Guide Series: Maine > b. c. < I sprang to my feet, for anger had overtaken me — Edita Morris > 5. a. < from its corners spring four slender minarets — Douglas Carruthers > b. of a vault or arch < from rich entablatures spring graceful arches supporting the vaulted ceilings — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > 6. a. of a female domestic animal b. of an udder transitive verb 1. < hoped it would rain very soon, to spring some new grass — Doris Lessing > < is sprung compellingly into life from a powerfully creative, romantic mind — Times Literary Supplement > 2. a. < spring a pheasant > b. < sprang his horse in front of the ranks — C.L.Carmer > 3. a. (1) < the ship sprang a mast > (2) < the wind sprang the foremast of the ship > b. < having grounded at the mouth of the river as a result of which it sprung a leak — Hispanic American Hist. Review > < the radiator sprung a leak — John Steinbeck > 4. a. < the disturbance of the steamer's approach springing a myriad of these floating mines — William Beebe > b. < a borehole is sprung … by exploding in the bottom several charges of dynamite — Blasters' Handbk. > 5. a. < the wind sprang some tiles from the roof > b. (1) < sprang the watchcase open > (2) < spring a trap > (3) c. < needed all his strength to spring in the bar > d. < spring the steel band > e. < to get under way spring the boat ahead — Manual of Seamanship > f. 6. a. b. c. < the dog's ribs are well sprung > 7. < the horse sprang the narrow fence > 8. < there's nothing really immoral about springing ten cents for a ball of twine — R.P.Smith > 9. < the last page springs a surprise bit of fireworks no reviewer should mention beforehand — N.Y.Herald Tribune Book Rev > < my wife sprung a dinner party with nearly all my old secretaries on me — O.W.Holmes †1935 > 10. < its near leg was sprung a little, maybe from being worked too hard too young — William Faulkner > < sprang every blessed muscle in my … leg — John Buchan > 11. slang < there'd be a lawyer down there to spring him before I got the cell door shut — Leslie Ford > Synonyms: < plants spring from seed > < the images that spring up in one's consciousness > < it is from the middle class that writers spring — Virginia Woolf > arise emphasizes chiefly the mere fact of coming into existence or notice, conveying the idea of a vagueness of prior state; when used with from it implies a causal connection between subject and object < an argument arose during the meal — Zechariah Chafee > < present uncertainties arise partly out of far-reaching changes in the American environment — J.D.Millett > < differences in English may arise from several causes — English Language Arts > rise and arise in this sense of to come into existence are often interchangeable, although rise may possibly carry some connotation of literal or figurative ascent < empires rise and fall within a single man's lifetime — Elspeth Huxley > < a church rose in the wilderness — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < from the South, at last, rose that bitter opposition which flowered in a bloody civil war — Carol L. Thompson > originate suggests a source of starting point, carrying the idea of inception at that source < at one time it was believed that man originated in America — R.W.Murray > < within its area of 84,682 square miles originate three great river systems — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < adult fears originating in childhood insecurity > derive also suggests a source, though it usually does not imply inception, usually presupposing a prior existence in another form, person, or thing, and connoting descent as by endowment, transference, deduction, imitation, or reproduction < the new playwrights derive from him — E.R.Bentley > < the principal income derives from coal mining — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < its criticism derives directly from English inspiration — Bernard Smith > flow emphasizes often the abundance of the supply, often the ease of provision or production < from the town's shaded public square flows justice — American Guide Series: Virginia > < masterpiece upon masterpiece flowed from his brush — advt > < a great generosity from which flowed gift after gift > issue suggests emergence into existence as from a womb, stressing somewhat a causal force < three conclusions at least issue from the perusal — T.S.Eliot > emanate applies chiefly to immaterial things, as law, principles, power, or thoughts, connoting the emergence or passage of something impalpable or invisible, suggesting less causal force that issue < the earlier reports which emanated from Dumbarton Oaks — Sir Winston Churchill > < the rain-drenched geranium bed, from which emanated an odor musky and sweet — J.C.Powys > < the impalpable aura of power that emanated from him — Osbert Sitwell > < the criminal organization … is extremely powerful, and part of its power emanates from the close-knit structure — D.W.Maurer & V.H.Vogel > proceed stresses place of origin, or, sometimes, parentage, derivation, or cause < proceeding from the premise that half the world does not know how the other half lives — Dun's Review > < the philosophic movement proceeded from little known thinkers and writers > stem suggests a growing out, as of a stem from a plant, and applies chiefly to things that come into existence through the influence of a predecessor, as a natural outgrowth or subordinate development < one of twenty-five in the class, all but four stemming from Maine — M.L.Ernst > < these influences … stem from warfare, from medicine, from the arts, from religion — D.J.Struik > Synonym: see in addition jump. II. 1. a. < a flowing body that begins in a hundred trickles and runnels and springs high up in the mountains — Lewis Mumford > b. (1) < everybody lived in dugouts or small log houses on springs or creeks — Bruce Siberts > < had to drill a well when their spring ran dry > (2) < mineral springs > < sulfur springs > < hot springs > (3) < a spring of pity, of affection … suddenly welled up within her — Winston Churchill > c. < accumulations of oil which seeped to the surface in springs — Bliss Isely > < tar springs > 2. a. < this habit of retirement to the inner springs of being — H.S.Canby > < a custom, a belief, and art, however deep down its springs, sooner or later rises into social consciousness — A.L.Kroeber > b. archaic < never since the middle summer's spring, met we — Shakespeare > specifically < they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day — 1 Sam 9:26 (Authorized Version) > c. < this thirteen-year-old girl, in whose flat childish body the spring was beginning to stir — Edith Sitwell > d. < laying open to his view the springs of action in both parties — T.L.Peacock > < the springs of human conduct — A.T.Weaver > 3. 4. a. chiefly dialect b. chiefly dialect 5. a. (1) (2) b. < a steel spring of a man — Claudia Cassidy > 6. a. < the cat made a spring at the mouse > < took the steps at one spring > < that sudden and inexplicable spring forward took place independently … in three different regions and cultures — T.I.Cook > b. c. chiefly Scotland < took the pipes, and played a little spring — R.L.Stevenson > 7. of teal 8. a. b. c. Britain d. 9. a. < the ironing-out effect of passing trains on track which has a certain amount of spring in it — O.S.Nock > : bounce, buoyancy, energy < there was a new spring in their step — Bennett Cerf > b. < the spring of a bow > 10. 11. a. b. (1) (2) 12. of a dog 13. 14. 15. a. b. 16. a. b. Synonyms: see jump, motive III. < the ambulance … was the old kind, like a furniture van, but it was well sprung — Fred Majdalany > < there were springed bunks which folded into the wall — Bill Mauldin > IV. chiefly dialect |
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