spry

• 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).

双语例句

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