spry

英 [spraɪ]

美 [spraɪ]

adj.  (尤指老人)精力充沛的，充满活力的

BNC.43428 / COCA.28741

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (尤指老人)精力充沛的,活跃的，充满活力的
  Someone, especially an old person, who isspry, is lively and active.
  1. The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
     这位老先生依然健旺。
  2. ...a spry old lady.
     精神矍铄的老妇人

英英释义

adj

• moving quickly and lightly
  1. sleek and agile as a gymnast
  2. as nimble as a deer
  3. nimble fingers
  4. quick of foot
  5. the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
  Synonym:agilenimblequick

双语例句

• We need younger, more spry leaders to take over from these geriatrics.
  肯尼亚需要的不是这些老气横秋的领袖，而是年轻、充满活力的领导人。
• He was a spry, suave, and very precise general.
  他是一位生气勃勃，温文尔雅，一丝不苟的将军。
• Not all checks need be done on the server, and the more client-side checks, the more spry your application.
  检查不需要都在服务器上执行，而且客户端检查越多，应用程序就越敏捷。
• He hurries to spry the stove ash on it
  他赶紧把灶火里面的灰盖在上面
• He was hollow-chested, squint-eyed, and rather shambling, but spry enough withal.
  他胸膛低陷，眼睛斜视，步履蹒跚，但又着实生气勃勃。
• He looked to be in his seventies and, although careful with his steps, quite spry for his age.
  他看上去七十多岁的样子，虽然他走路很小心，但他的步伐对他这个年龄的人来说还算很敏捷。
• The blooms have a powerful fragrance-an outstanding example of the classic English Rose scent based on the myrrh note first introduced with Constance Spry.
  在华有一个强大的香水-一个典型的英国玫瑰香味突出的例子没药的基础上首先注意到康斯坦茨斯普赖介绍。
• A fall on the leaves didn't hurt a spry fellow like him.
  掉在树叶子上摔了一下，伤不着象他这号利索的家伙。
• Was spry for his advanced age.
  就他的高龄来说，他应该算是充满生气的了。
• He was very spry and well-dressed.
  他很活泼而且衣着讲究。