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sprung

/spruhng/US // sprʌŋ //UK // (sprʌŋ) //

弹簧,弹簧式,弹性,簧片

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense and past participle of spring.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verboriginate, emerge

Examples

  • Like a Jack in the Box just sprung from coiled captivity, he begins rambling excitedly.

  • A citizens group, Kansans for Justice, has sprung up as well to oppose retention of Justices Lee Johnson and Eric Rosen.

  • Local mechanics pitched in to help mend the craft, but weeks into setting off the repairs wore thin and the vessel sprung a leak.

  • And in the U.K., dozens of small and large companies have sprung up to serve the market.

  • Various pain management initiatives have sprung up around the country, whether related to cancer or other causes.

  • There are a dozen other "adult schools" in the town which have sprung from Severn Street.

  • Scarcely had he smoothed the way with one opponent than another sprung up in an unexpected quarter.

  • The foremast is sprung, the main-topgallant mast is gone, and the mizzen has been snapped off close by the deck.

  • He sprung up to rush to the door, but before he had moved further, the click of the pistol-lock struck his ear.

  • It was difficult to understand from exactly what sources of experience or intuition the singular remark could have sprung.