spry

英 [spraɪ]      美 [spraɪ]
  • adj. 活泼的;敏捷的;精神好的
  • n. (Spry)人名;(英)斯普赖
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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).
1. The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
这位老先生依然健旺。
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.
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.
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.
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.

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