spry
英 [spra?]
美[spra?]
- adj. 活潑的；敏捷的；精神好的
- n. (Spry)人名；(英)斯普賴
暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- spry (adj.)
- 1746, "active, nimble, vigorous, lively," dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly [Barnhart], or from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse spr?kr, dialectal Swedish sprygg "brisk, active"), from Proto-Germanic *sprek-, from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).
雙語例句
- 1. The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
- 這位老先生依然健旺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A fall on the leaves didn't hurt a spry fellow like him.
- 摔倒在樹葉上,傷不著象他這號利索的家伙.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He was a spry, suave, and very precise general.
- 他是一位生氣勃勃, 溫文爾雅, 一絲不茍的將軍.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He was hollow - chested, squint - eyed, and rather shambling, but spry enough withal.
- 他胸膛低陷, 眼睛斜視, 步履蹣跚, 但又著實(shí)生氣勃勃.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Paul Sherman Yale was small, spry and upright.
- 保羅·謝爾曼·耶爾身材矮小, 動作敏捷,站得筆挺.
來自辭典例句