- 1（老人）硬朗、健步如飛、精神矍鑠
Lively, quick-moving, full of energy — but with one important condition: it is almost always used about older people. If you say 'a spry old man', you mean he moves easily and quickly in a way that surprises you a little, given his age. That surprise is built into the word. This is why you would sound strange saying 'my spry three-year-old son' — a child being energetic is not news. Because the surprise is part of it, some older people find the word slightly , as if you are saying 'good for you, still walking!' It is warm and in tone, but it does quietly point at age. It is often paired with 'still': 'still spry at ninety'.
組成From British dialect 'sprey', from Old Norse 'sprækr' meaning nimble or lively. It does not split into smaller parts.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
Spryname
- 1
A surname.
spryadj/spɹaɪ/
- 1
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
- What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chase sequences, dream sequences, fast-changing costumes and an improbable beard, a little musical help from Flight Of The Conchords, and ultimately a very physical confrontation with a surprisingly spry Victoria.
- 2
Vigorous; lively; cheerful; sprightly.
- "I'm not sure about whether I shall go. I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather—that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times."
- The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.' 'And very nice too,' said the tramp. 'Now as to breakfast?'
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