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单词 spring
释义
spring
noun
uk
/sprɪŋ/us
/sprɪŋ/

springnoun(SEASON)

A2[CorU]
theseasonof theyearbetweenwinterandsummer,lastingfromMarchtoJunenorthof theequator, and fromSeptembertoDecembersouthof theequator, when theweatherbecomeswarmer,leavesandplantsstarttogrowagain andflowersappear:
春天，春季
Manybulbsbloomin (the)spring.很多球茎植物春天开花。
Janet's coming over for acoupleofweeksnextspring.珍妮特明年春天要来这儿呆几个星期。
It's been a verywetspring.今年春天雨很多。
a springday/morning春日白天／早晨
springflowers/weather春花／春日天气
More examples
  • Cutting thebushback in theautumnwillhelppromotevigorousgrowthin the spring.
  • Theshorthemlineis very much invoguethis spring.
  • Wedecidedto have a springbreakinParis.
  • Theblackbird, like mostbirds,breedsin the spring.
  • Thepapersarepredictingthat theprimeministerwillcallanelectionin the spring.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The seasons
  • autumn
  • autumnal
  • clock
  • dead
  • estival
  • fall
  • in the dead of night/winteridiom
  • in the depth(s) of winteridiom
  • monsoon
  • season
  • seasonal
  • seasonality
  • seasonally
  • spring fever
  • springtime
  • summer
  • vernal
  • winter
  • wintertime
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springnoun(CURVED METAL)

[C]
apieceofcurvedorbentmetalthat can bepressedinto asmallerspacebut thenreturnstoitsusualshape:
弹簧，发条
Thechildrenhavejumpedon thecouchso much that they'veruinedthe springs.孩子们老是在沙发上跳来跳去的，把弹簧都弄坏了。
picture of spring
Miguel Gómez Maraver/EyeEm/GettyImages
[U]
something'sabilitytoreturntoitsusualshapeafter it has beenpressed:
弹性，弹力
Over theyearsthemattresshaslostitsspring.几年下来，床垫失去了弹性。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Spherical, circular and annular objects
  • air bubble
  • bead
  • bobbin
  • bobble
  • bowling ball
  • disc
  • egg
  • game ball
  • glob
  • globe
  • hoop
  • knob
  • pearl
  • pellet
  • pelleted
  • ring
  • sphere
  • spheroid
  • spool
  • tubal
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Flexible, loose and yielding

springnoun(WATER)

C1[C]
(alsosprings)
aplacewherewaternaturallyflowsout from theground:
泉
bubbling/hotsprings汩汩冒泡的泉／温泉
picture of spring
Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Moment/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of watercourses
  • artesian well
  • backwater
  • basin
  • confluence
  • drainage basin
  • estuarine
  • firth
  • head
  • interbasin
  • interchannel
  • lock
  • lock-keeper
  • meander
  • mooring
  • mouth
  • narrows
  • reach
  • tributary
  • water table
  • weir
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Idiom

a spring inyourstep
spring
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk
/sprɪŋ/us
/sprɪŋ/
sprangorUSalsosprung|sprung

springverb[I usually + adv/prep](MOVE QUICKLY)

C2
tomovequicklyandsuddenlytowards aparticularplace:
跳，跃，蹦
I sprang out ofbedtoanswerthedoor.我从床上跳起来去开门。
Theorganizationisreadyto springintoaction(=starttakingaction)themomentitreceivesitsfunding.那个组织已准备好了，一得到资金就立即采取行动。
He always springstohisfeetwhen shewalksin theroom.她走进房间时，他总是会立即站起来。
figurativeInoticedthe way you sprangtohisdefencewhen Carolinestartedjokingabout hisclothes.我注意到，卡罗琳打趣他的穿着时，你立刻就开始为他辩护了。
Thelidof theboxsprangshut.盒盖啪的一下关上了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to move fast
  • speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
  • raceShe raced over and hugged me.
  • flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
  • beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway.
  • tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
  • streakBullets streaked across the sky.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving quickly
  • agility
  • beetle
  • bowl down/alongsomething
  • careen
  • career
  • gallop
  • gun
  • leg
  • outsail
  • pelt
  • rush
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scrabble
  • scramble
  • scud
  • shoot
  • stampede
  • ton
  • trot
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springverb[I usually + adv/prep](APPEAR SUDDENLY)

C2informal
toappearsuddenly:
突然出现；涌现
"Where did you springfrom? - I didn'tseeyou come in!"“你从那儿冒出来的？——我都没见你进来！”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Appearing & disappearing
  • appear
  • Bermuda Triangle
  • bubble up
  • creep
  • creep in/creep intosomething
  • deliquesce
  • filter
  • hove
  • melt away
  • re-emergence
  • reappear
  • reappearance
  • rear
  • rematerialize
  • sprout
  • vanish
  • vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smokeidiom
  • vanishing
  • wear
  • wind
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Idioms

spring to life
spring to mind

Phrasal verbs

spring forsomething
spring fromsomething
springsomethingonsomeone
spring up
spring
adjective
US
uk
/sprɪŋ/us
/sprɪŋ/
(UKsprung)
(offurniture) usingsprings(=curvedpiecesofmetal)to givesupport
（家具）装有弹簧的，有弹簧支撑的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Flexible, loose and yielding
  • adrift
  • bendable
  • bendy
  • ductile
  • ductility
  • flowing
  • fullness
  • jointed
  • limply
  • limpness
  • loose-fitting
  • pliant
  • pliantly
  • relax
  • rubbery
  • slack
  • slacken
  • tensile
  • unstuck
  • yielding
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Furniture & fittings - general words
(Definition ofspringfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

spring| American Dictionary

spring
noun
us
/sprɪŋ/

springnoun(SEASON)

[C/U]
theseasonof theyearbetweenwinterandsummer,lastingfromMarchtoJunenorthof theequatorand fromSeptembertoDecembersouthof theequator, when theweatherbecomeswarmerandleavesandplantsstarttogrowagain:
[C]last/this/next spring
[U]It was abeautifulspringday.

springnoun(CURVED METAL)

[C]
apieceofcurvedorbentmetalthat can bepressedinto asmallerspacebut willreturntoitsusualshapeifreleased:
I couldfeelthe springs of thelumpymattress.

springnoun(WATER)

[C]
aplacewherewaterflowsout from theground:
Thelakeisfedbyundergroundsprings.
spring
verb
us
/sprɪŋ/
past tensesprangus/spræŋ/sprungus/sprʌŋ/|past participlesprungus/sprʌŋ/

springverb(MOVE QUICKLY)

tomovequicklyandsuddenlytoward aparticularplaceor to a newcondition:
[Ialways+ adv/prep]She sprang out ofbedandranto thewindow.
[L]Asinglekickmade thedoorspringopen.

springverb(APPEAR SUDDENLY)

[always+ adv/prep]
toappearorexistsuddenly, or tocausesomething tohappensuddenly:
[Ialways+ adv/prep]Littlepatchesofweedsseemto spring upeverywherein mybackyard.
[Talways+ adv/prep]Mr. Pollacklikesto springquizzeson theclass.

Idioms

spring to life
spring to mind

Phrasal verb

spring forsomething
(Definition ofspringfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspring

spring
The unmodelled environmental interaction was represented by aspringhaving viscous friction (' 'dashpot' ').
From theCambridge English Corpus
When it came out in 1986 another fashion was at its height : it was thespringtide of the stimulation model of reminiscence.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These temperatures are almost identical to those that occur at the time of cotyledon emergence in earlyspring.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our goals were to determine if producers could identify and then rank growth traits that determined yield potential of hard redspringwheat.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Recent use of green oak springs from the realisation that fairly young trees offer a potential resource which can be converted to provide reasonable sections.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thereafter, numbers ofspringmigrants were counted and removed daily.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Surprising new ideas mayspringfrom such scientific adventure!
From theCambridge English Corpus
Insecticide treatments (pyrethroids and neonicotinoids) applied before collection of thespringsample may be responsible for such selection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It has fiberglass springs with a large energy storage capacity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Numbers are coded by adding 0.5 of the dormant, living and the total of seeds, averaged for the autumn,springand summer samples.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Total number and the numbers of dormant, non-dormant, living and dead seeds significantly differed among the autumn,springand summer samples.
From theCambridge English Corpus
From here springs the idea of 'generative processes in the electronic arts'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The attacks lasted for 78 days inspring1999 and resulted in civilian casualties.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Another subject where the journal is very valuable is the events of thespringand summer of 1647.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An air chamber/regulatingspringcombination is adopted here for that purpose.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithspring

spring

These are words often used in combination withspring.

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artesian spring
It is a picturesque site, and the water comes from an underground artesian spring.
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Wikipedia
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coiled spring
The experimenter showed the child a can that appeared contain potato chips, but actually containedcoiledspringsnakes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
cold spring
An early swimming pool, that used to be filled withcoldspringwater, remains a popular attraction.
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