英汉词典

spring 基本解释

• n. 春天；弹簧；泉水；活力；跳跃
• adj. 春天的
• vi. 生长；涌出；跃出；裂开
• vt. 使跳起；使爆炸；突然提出；使弹开
• n. (Spring)人名；(德)施普林；(英、芬、瑞典)斯普林

spring 词态变化

spring 中文词源

来自古英语 springan,蹦，跳，跃，来自 Proto-Germanic*springana,弹，跳，冲出，来自 PIE*spergh, 弹，跳，快速移动，可能来自 PIE*sper,播撒，展开，词源同 spread,spark.

spring 英文词源

spring

spring: [OE] The noun spring and the verb spring come from the same source: the Indo-European base *sprengh-, which denoted ‘rapid movement’. Of its Germanic verbal descendants, German and Dutch springen, like English spring, have moved on semantically to ‘jump’, but Swedish springa ‘run’ has stayed closer to its roots. The noun spring in Old English times denoted the place where a stream ‘rises’ from the ground, which soon evolved metaphorically into ‘source, origin’ in general.

The notion of ‘rising’ was also applied figuratively to the ‘beginning of the day’ and to the ‘emergence of new growth’, and the latter led in the 16th century, via the expression spring of the year, to the use of spring for the ‘season following winter’ (replacing the previous term Lent).

spring (v.)

Old English springan "to leap, burst forth, fly up; spread, grow," (class III strong verb; past tense sprang, past participle sprungen), from Proto-Germanic *sprengan (cognates: Old Norse, Old Frisian springa, Middle Dutch springhen, Dutch Related: springen, Old Saxon and Old High German springan, German springen), from PIE *sprengh-, nasalized form of root *spergh- "to move, hasten, spring" (cognates: Sanskrit sprhayati "desires eagerly," Greek sperkhesthai "to hurry").

In Middle English, it took on the role of causal sprenge, from Old English sprengan (as still in to spring a trap, etc.). Meaning "to cause to work or open," by or as by a spring mechanism, is from 1828.Meaning "to announce suddenly" (usually with on) is from 1876. Meaning "to release" (from imprisonment) is from 1900. Slang meaning "to pay" (for a treat, etc.) is recorded from 1906.

spring (n.1)

season following winter, the vernal season, c. 1400, earlier springing time (late 14c.), which replaced Lent, the Old English word. From spring (v.); also see spring (n.3). The notion is of the "spring of the year," when plants begin to rise (as in spring of the leaf, 1520s), from the noun in its old sense of "action or time of rising or springing into existence." It was used of sunrise, the waxing of the moon, rising tides, etc.; compare 14c. spring of dai "sunrise," spring of mone "moonrise," late Old English spring "carbuncle, pustule."

Other Germanic languages tend to take words for "fore" or "early" as their roots for the season name (Danish voraar, Dutch voorjaar, literally "fore-year;" German Frühling, from Middle High German vrueje "early"). In 15c. English, the season also was prime-temps, after Old French prin tans, tamps prim (French printemps, which replaced primevère 16c. as the common word for spring), from Latin tempus primum, literally "first time, first season."

Spring fever is from 1843 as "surge of romantic feelings;" earlier of a type of disease or head-cold prevalent in certain places in spring; Old English had lenctenadle. First record of spring cleaning in the domestic sense is by 1843 (in ancient Persia, the first month, corresponding to March-April, was Adukanaiša, which apparently means "Irrigation-Canal-Cleaning Month;" Kent, p.167). Spring chicken "small roasting chicken" (usually 11 to 14 weeks) is recorded from 1780; transferred sense of "young person" first recorded 1906. Baseball spring training attested by 1889, earlier of militias, etc.

spring (n.2)

"source of a stream or river, flow of water rising to the surface of the earth from below," Old English spring "spring, source, sprinkling," from spring (v.) on the notion of the water "bursting forth" from the ground. Rarely used alone in Old English, appearing more often in compounds, such as wyllspring "wellspring," espryng "water spring." Figurative sense of "source or origin of something" is attested from early 13c. Cognate with Old High German sprung "source of water," Middle High German sprinc "leap, jump; source of water."

spring (n.3)

"act of springing or leaping," late 14c., from spring (v.). The elastic wire coil that returns to its shape when stretched is so called from early 15c., originally in clocks and watches. As a device in carriages, coaches, etc., it is attested from 1660s.

spring 词组搭配

spring 英文释义

1. the season of growth;

"the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"

"he will hold office until the spring of next year"

2. a natural flow of ground water

3. a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed;

"the spring was broken"

4. a light springing movement upwards or forwards

5. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

6. a point at which water issues forth

spring 同义词解析

fountain, spring

这两个名词都含有"泉"之意。

fountain： 指天然或供观赏或饮水用的人工泉或喷泉。引申用根"根源"或"源泉"解。

spring： 指从地面自然涌出的天然泉。

jump, leap, spring, hop, bound, skip

这些动词均有"跳，跳跃"之意。

jump： 是普通用词，指用双脚向上跳，向下跳，或在同一平面上跳到有一定距离的某一点上，或跳过。

leap常可与jump换用，但侧重身体猛力向上升起并朝前急冲的动作，有时含突然的意味。

spring： 更强调有力和弹跳的运动。

hop： 指单脚短跳或双足猛力的动作。也指小鸟、青蛙等的跳。

bound： 多指向前向上或向下跳跃、奔跳。

skip： 指两脚交替轻地跳或跨的动作。

spring 双语例句

1. I let the horse drop his head to crop the spring grass.

我让马低下头啃吃春天的青草。

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2. The blustery winds of spring had dropped to a gentle breeze.

呼啸的春风已经减弱，成了习习的微风。

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3. If unused, winter radishes run to seed in spring.

如果不去动的话，冬萝卜会在春天开花结籽。

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4. In the spring, the meadow is a mass of daffodils.

春天，草地上开满了黄水仙。

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5. And all the time next spring's elections are drawing closer.

明年春天的选举即将来临。

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spring 实用场景例句

flowers that bloom in spring/in the spring

春天开的花

牛津词典

He was born in the spring of 1944.

他生于1944年春。

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There's a feeling of spring in the air today.

今天可以感到一点春天的气息。

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spring flowers

春天的花

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bed springs

床垫弹簧

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The mattress has lost its spring.

那个床垫失去弹性了。

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a mountain spring

山泉

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spring water

泉水

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She walked along with a spring in her step .

她迈着轻快的步伐向前走去。

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With a spring, the cat leapt on to the table.

猫一跃跳上桌子。

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He turned off the alarm and sprang out of bed.

他止住闹钟，从床上跳了下来。

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Everyone sprang to their feet (= stood up suddenly) when the principal walked in.

校长进来时，所有的人都立刻站了起来。

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The cat crouched ready to spring.

那猫弓起背准备跳。

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(figurative)to spring to sb's defence/assistance (= to quickly defend or help sb)

连忙站出来保护 / 帮助某人

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The branch sprang back and hit him in the face.

树枝弹回来打在他脸上。

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The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring...

西澳大利亚工党政府明年春天要举行选举。

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We met again in the spring of 1977.

我们于 1977 年春季再次见面。

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Unfortunately, as a standard mattress wears, the springs soften and so do not support your spine...

遗憾的是，当一张标准床垫用旧后，弹簧就会变软而无法支撑你的脊椎。

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Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.

燃料泵里的两个弹簧都断了。

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To the north are the hot springs of Banyas de Sant Loan.

北边是班亚斯德桑隆温泉。

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He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table...

他一跃而起，从茶几上一把抓起自己的钥匙。

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Outside each door a guard sprang to attention as they approached...

当他们走近时，每扇门外都有一名卫兵肃身立正。

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Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty.

不幸的是，当后备箱的盖子弹开时，里面却是空的。

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When she contacted me at the beginning of August to enlist support, Sharon and I sprang into action.

她 8 月初和我联系请求帮助时，我和沙伦便立即行动起来了。

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...new industries which had sprung into life during the 1920s.

在 20 世纪 20 年代突然出现的新型工业

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Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage...

埃塞俄比亚的艺术起源于其早期的基督教和伊斯兰教文化遗产。

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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.

失去一生中的至爱让他悲痛不已，愤怒涌上他的心头。

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The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull.

帆船的船体上出现了一条裂缝。

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The two superpower leaders sprang a surprise at a ceremony in the White House yesterday by signing a trade deal...

两个超级大国的领导人昨天在白宫的一个仪式上突然签署了一项贸易协定，令人倍感意外。

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Mclaren sprang a new idea on him.

麦克拉伦突然告诉他一个新想法。

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