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spruce

noun
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  1. [countable, uncountable] an evergreen forest tree with leaves like needles云杉Topics Plants and treesc2
  2. [uncountable] the soft wood of the spruce, used, for example, in making paper 云杉木
    3. Word Originnoun late Middle English (denoting Prussia or something originating in Prussia): alteration of obsolete Pruce ‘Prussia’. The application to the tree dates from the early 17th cent.

spruce

verb
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Word Originverb late 16th cent.: perhaps from spruce (noun) in the obsolete sense ‘Prussian’, in the phrase spruce (leather) jerkin.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they spruce
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he / she / it spruces
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past simple spruced
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past participle spruced
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-ing form sprucing
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spruce

adjective
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  1. (of people or places人或处所) neat and clean in appearance整洁的
    Word Originadjective late 16th cent.: perhaps from spruce (noun) in the obsolete sense ‘Prussian’, in the phrase spruce (leather) jerkin.