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

• The application of spry-starch in paper making
  喷雾淀粉在造纸中的应用
• 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's70 years old, but very spry.
  他七十岁了，还很清健。
• 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。
• Love is passion, vivacity, spry and warm.
  爱是热情、活泼、充满生气而又温暖的。
• He is very spry and well-dressed, more like a young society man than anything else, and very standoffish.
  他很活泼，衣着很讲究，很象一个社交场中的年轻人，而且很自高自大。
• I advised Spry to mount a SATYR operation, and demonstrated the device to him.
  我建议斯普赖安装森林之神装置，并向他作了示范。
• 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。
• 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。
• First, there's family, brother, nephews, spry aged Edith stepmother
  出席者首先是我的家人，我哥哥，侄子外甥，96岁高龄的继母埃迪丝精力仍充沛