Describes a thing with a spring built inside it, so that one part is always being pushed against another — and so that when you move that part, it jumps back by itself as soon as you let go.

Describes描述的是 a thing一個東西 with a spring built inside it裡面裝了彈簧, so so that以至於 one part其中一部分 is always being pushed against another一直被推頂著另一部分 — and而 so that以至於 when when you move that part你移動那部分時, it它 jumps back by itself自己會彈回去 as soon as you let go你一放手就會。

Think of a ballpoint pen with a button on top, a mousetrap, a clothes peg, the lid of a bin that shuts on its own, the seats in a cinema that fold up when you stand. All of those are spring-loaded.

Think想想 of a ballpoint pen with a button on top有按鈕的原子筆, a mousetrap捕鼠夾, a clothes peg曬衣夾, the lid of a bin that shuts on its own自動蓋上的垃圾桶蓋, the seats in a cinema that fold up when you stand你站起來會自動收起的電影院座椅。All of those那些全部 are都是 spring-loaded spring-loaded。

The important part of the meaning is not just "contains a spring" but "the spring is pushing all the time, and the thing returns or snaps back on its own".

The important part重要的部分 of the meaning這個字的意思 is not just不只是 "contains a spring" 「裡面有彈簧」 but而是 "the spring is pushing all the time彈簧一直在推著, and而且 the thing returns or snaps back on its own" 東西會自己彈回去這件事。

That is why the word turns up in instructions, product descriptions and repair guides: it tells you the part will move by itself, so be careful. It is a technical, practical word rather than a literary one, and it always goes in front of the noun (a spring-loaded catch, a spring-loaded hinge).

That那 is就是為什麼 why the word這個字 turns up出現 in instructions, product descriptions and repair guides在說明書、產品說明和維修指南裡: it它 tells you告訴你 the part那個部件 will move by itself會自己動, so所以 be careful要小心。It它 is是 a technical, practical word一個技術性、實用的字 rather than而不是 a literary one文學性的字, and而且 it它 always永遠 goes in front of the noun放在名詞前面 (a spring-loaded catch spring-loaded catch, a spring-loaded hinge spring-loaded hinge)。

People also use it about a person or situation ready to react instantly — "she was spring-loaded, ready to argue" — but that is a stretch of the word, not its normal job.

People大家 also也會 use it用它 about a person or situation ready to react instantly形容一個隨時準備立刻反應的人或情況 — "she was spring-loaded, ready to argue" 「她一觸即發，準備要吵架」 — but but that那 is是 a stretch of the word這個字的延伸用法, not its normal job不是它平常的用法。