spry是什么意思
adj. 活泼的；敏捷的；精神好的
n. (Spry)人名；(英)斯普赖
英文词源
- spry (adj.)
- 1746, "active, nimble, vigorous, lively," dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly [Barnhart], or from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse sprækr, dialectal Swedish sprygg "brisk, active"), from Proto-Germanic *sprek-, from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).
实用例句
- 1. The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
- 这位老先生依然健旺。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A fall on the leaves didn't hurt a spry fellow like him.
- 摔倒在树叶上,伤不着象他这号利索的家伙.来自辞典例句
- 3. He was a spry, suave, and very precise general.
- 他是一位生气勃勃, 温文尔雅, 一丝不苟的将军.来自辞典例句
- 4. He was hollow - chested, squint - eyed, and rather shambling, but spry enough withal.
- 他胸膛低陷, 眼睛斜视, 步履蹒跚, 但又着实生气勃勃.来自辞典例句
- 5. Paul Sherman Yale was small, spry and upright.
- 保罗·谢尔曼·耶尔身材矮小, 动作敏捷,站得笔挺.来自辞典例句
