spry

FREQ #43199

a. 精神好的, 活泼的, 敏捷的

发音

其它 /spɹaɪ/

词形变化

sprier 比较级 sprier spriest spryer spryest spriest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Vigorous; lively; cheerful; sprightly.

  2. 2.

    Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

quick agile nimble

近义相关 1

active

词源

From British dialectal sprey, from Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively”) from Proto-Germanic *sprēkiz (“lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter”). Cognate with Icelandic sprækur (“lively, spry”), Norwegian sprek (“lively, healthy”), dialectal Swedish sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish”). More at spark. Related to sprack, sprig, sprug, freckle.

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