sprig

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n. 小树枝, 无头钉 vt. 用小树枝装饰, 用钉子钉上, 使蔓生

发音

US /spɹɪɡ/

词形变化

sprigs 复数 sprigs sprigged sprigging sprigs 三单 sprigging 现在分词 sprigged 过去式 sprigged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.

    a sprig of laurel or of parsley

  2. 2.

    An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.

  3. 3.

    One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.

  4. 4.

    A youth; a lad.

    贬义 幽默
  5. 5.

    A brad, or nail without a head.

  6. 6.

    A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

  7. 7.

    A house sparrow.

v.
  1. 1.

    To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.

  2. 2.

    To nail the sole onto a shoe.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

twig branchlet

上位词 4

branch decoration ornament ornamentation

下位词 4

wand brier withe withy

词源

From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Low German sprik, spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”). Compare also dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), English spray (“branch”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”).

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