1746, "active, nimble, vigorous, lively," dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly [Barnhart], or from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse sprækr, dialectal Swedish sprygg "brisk, active"), from Proto-Germanic *sprek-, from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).
双语例句
1. The old gentleman was as spry as ever.
这位老先生依然健旺。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A fall on the leaves didn't hurt a spry fellow like him.
摔倒在树叶上,伤不着象他这号利索的家伙.
来自辞典例句
3. 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.
来自辞典例句
4. He was hollow - chested, squint - eyed, and rather shambling, but spry enough withal.
