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

• While Sir Run Run may feel spry enough to walk down the red carpet again next year, a deal he is trying to broker may bring an end to his reign as chairman of the broadcaster he helped found 41 years ago.
  虽然邵逸夫可能觉得精力足够充沛，明年可以再次走下红地毯，但他努力撮合的一桩交易，可能终结他在TVB的统治。41年前，他协助创立了这家广播电视公司。
• Love is passion, vivacity, spry and warm.
  爱是热情、活泼、充满生气而又温暖的。
• He was very spry and well-dressed.
  他很活泼而且衣着讲究。
• He's70 years old, but very spry.
  他七十岁了，还很清健。
• 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。
• 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。
• Was spry for his advanced age.
  就他的高龄来说，他应该算是充满生气的了。
• 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。
• 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。