1746, "active, nimble, vigorous, lively," dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly [Barnhart], or from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse spr?kr, dialectal Swedish sprygg "brisk, active"), from Proto-Germanic *sprek-, from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
這位老先生依然健旺。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. A fall on the leaves didn't hurt a spry fellow like him.
摔倒在樹(shù)葉上,傷不著象他這號(hào)利索的家伙.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. He was a spry, suave, and very precise general.
他是一位生氣勃勃, 溫文爾雅, 一絲不茍的將軍.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. He was hollow - chested, squint - eyed, and rather shambling, but spry enough withal.