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。
• You don't get to be 92 and still spry by being stupid.
  如果你慵懒就不能活到92并且仍然充满生气。
• 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。
• Love is passion, vivacity, spry and warm.
  爱是热情、活泼、充满生气而又温暖的。
• 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。
• Paul Sherman Yale was small, spry and upright.
  保罗·谢尔曼·耶尔身材矮小，动作敏捷，站得笔挺。
• 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。
• Even if you are spry and energetic, you may want to consider a home for retirement that will fill your needs for years to come.
  即使你是喷雾和精力充沛，你可能要考虑一个家，为退休，将填补你的需要，为今后几年的。
• The extract is filtered and spry in vacuum dryer to obtain dye.
  萃取时采用过滤的方法真空烘干后获取染料；
• The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
  这位老先生依然健旺。