spruce

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

spruce [spruce spruces spruced sprucing] noun, verb, adjective BrE [spruːs] NAmE [spruːs]
noun
1. countable, uncountable an ↑evergreen forest tree with leaves like needles
2. uncountable the soft wood of the spruce, used, for example, in making paper

Word Origin:
v. and adj. late 16th cent. ↑spruce ‘Prussian’ spruce (leather) jerkin n. late Middle English Pruce ‘Prussia’
Derived: ↑spruce somebody up ▪ ↑spruce up
 
verb
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and adj. late 16th cent. ↑spruce ‘Prussian’ spruce (leather) jerkin n. late Middle English Pruce ‘Prussia’
 
adjective (of people or places)
neat and clean in appearance

Word Origin:
v. and adj. late 16th cent. ↑spruce ‘Prussian’ spruce (leather) jerkin n. late Middle English Pruce ‘Prussia’
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce up, slick up, smarten up, titivate, tittivate, spiff up