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单词 sprucest
释义

spruce1 /sproos/

noun
  1. Any conifer of the genus Picea, with long shoots only, four-angled needles, and pendulous cones
  2. Its wood
  3. Spruce beer
adjective

Of spruce or its wood

ORIGIN: OE Spruce Prussia, altered from Pruce, via OFr from L Prussia

spruce beer noun

A drink made from a fermentation of sugar or treacle and the green tops of spruce

spruce budworm noun

The larva of a N American moth that feeds on conifer buds

spruce fir noun

  1. The spruce tree
  2. Extended to some other trees

spruce pine noun

  1. A name given to various American pine trees
  2. Extended to some varieties of spruce

spruce2 /sproos/

adjective
  1. Smart
  2. Neat, dapper
  3. Over-fastidious, finical
adverb

Sprucely

transitive verb

To smarten

intransitive verb

To become spruce or smart (often with up)

ORIGIN: Prob from spruce1, from ‘spruce leather’ a fine soft leather used for making jackets (obtained from Pruce or Prussia) in the 16c

spruceˈly adverb

spruceˈness noun

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