1 N-VAR 春天;春季 Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again.
春天;春季 SYN springtime, springtide [literary]
2 N-COUNT 彈簧;發條 A
spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled.
彈簧;發條 -
Unfortunately, as a standard mattress wears, the springs soften and so do not support your spine.
遺憾的是,當一張標準床墊用舊後,彈簧就會變軟而無法支撐你的脊椎。
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Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.
燃料泵裏的兩個彈簧都斷了。
3 N-COUNT [usually plural] 泉;泉水 A
spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place.
泉;泉水 SYN geyser, hot spring, fount [literary] , well head
4 VERB 跳;躍;蹦 When a person or animal
springs, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly.
跳;躍;蹦 -
He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table. [VERB prep.]
他一躍而起,從茶幾上一把抓起自己的鑰匙。
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Outside each door a guard sprang to attention as they approached. [VERB prep.]
當他們走近時,每扇門外都有一名衛兵肅身立正。
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Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed. [VERB prep.]
他掀開床單,從床上跳了起來。
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The lion roared once and sprang. [VERB]
獅子大吼一聲,跳了起來。
5 VERB (突然朝某個方向)迅速移動,彈開 If something
springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly.
(突然朝某個方向)迅速移動,彈開 6 VERB 突然活躍起來;突然出現 If things or people
spring into action or
spring to life, they suddenly start being active or suddenly come into existence.
突然活躍起來;突然出現 -
When she contacted me at the beginning of August to enlist support, Sharon and I sprang into action. [VERB prep.]
她 8 月初和我聯系請求幫助時,我和沙倫便立即行動起來了。
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...new industries which had sprung into life during the 1920s. [VERB prep.]
在 20 世紀 20 年代突然出現的新型工業
7 VERB 起源於;發源於;來自 If one thing
springs from another thing, it is the result of it.
起源於;發源於;來自 -
Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage. [VERB + from]
埃塞俄比亞的藝術起源於其早期的基督教和伊斯蘭教文化遺産。
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His anger sprang from his suffering at the loss of the most important love he had ever known in his life. [VERB from noun]
失去一生中的至愛讓他悲痛不已,憤怒湧上他的心頭。
8 VERB (船舶、容器等)出現(裂縫) If a boat or container
springs a leak, water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack.
(船舶、容器等)出現(裂縫) 9 VERB 冷不防地說;突然告訴(或宣布) If you
spring some news or a surprise
on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them.
冷不防地說;突然告訴(或宣布) -
The two superpower leaders sprang a surprise at a ceremony in the White House yesterday by signing a trade deal. [VERB noun]
兩個超級大國的領導人昨天在白宮的一個儀式上突然簽署了一項貿易協定,令人倍感意外。
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Mclaren sprang a new idea on him. [VERB noun + on]
麥克拉倫突然告訴他一個新想法。
SYN announce suddenly, present suddenly, introduce suddenly, reveal suddenly
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spring to mind→see: mind Quotations
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain T.S. Eliot The Waste Land Word Partnership | Use spring with: |
ADJ. | early spring, last spring, late spring, next spring 1 cold spring, hot spring, warm spring 1 3 |
N. | spring day, spring flowers, spring rains, spring term, spring training, spring weather 1 spring water 3 |
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