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A type of tall evergreen tree with short needles, often used as a Christmas tree or for wood. As a phrase, 'to spruce something up' means to clean or improve its appearance, make it neater or more attractive, like 'spruce up the living room before guests arrive.'
雲杉；'spruce up' 打扮整潔、整修一下
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Sprucename
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obsoletePrussia.
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A surname.
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sprucenoun/spɹuːs/
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Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
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The wood of a spruce.
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Made of the wood of the spruce.
- That spruce table is beautiful!
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obsoletePrussian leather; pruce.
spruceadj/spɹuːs/
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Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
- Hovv often vvould the Svvaines prepare their Morrice & their May / To haue a ſight of her, vvhen all enamoured vvent their vvay? / The ſprevvſeſt Citie-Lads for her vvould faine the Countrie-aire, / And that their prouder Girles had but adultrate beauties ſvvaire, […]
- [A] baker's boy in a white apron and blue jumpers went by carrying a basket of bread on his head; and from the nearby tobacconist's, a spruce young lieutenant dressed in a black uniform emerged lighting a cigarette.
spruceverb/spɹuːs/
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To arrange neatly; tidy up.
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To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
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To tease.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。