1 N-VAR 春天;春季 Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again. 春天;春季
SYN springtime, springtide [literary]
2 N-COUNT 弹簧;发条 A spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled. 弹簧;发条
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Unfortunately, as a standard mattress wears, the springs soften and so do not support your spine.
遗憾的是，当一张标准床垫用旧后，弹簧就会变软而无法支撑你的脊椎。
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Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.
燃料泵里的两个弹簧都断了。
3 N-COUNT [usually plural] 泉;泉水 A spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place. 泉;泉水
SYN geyser, hot spring, fount [literary] , well head
4 VERB 跳;跃;蹦 When a person or animal springs, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly. 跳;跃;蹦
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He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table. [VERB prep.]
他一跃而起，从茶几上一把抓起自己的钥匙。
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Outside each door a guard sprang to attention as they approached. [VERB prep.]
当他们走近时，每扇门外都有一名卫兵肃身立正。
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Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed. [VERB prep.]
他掀开床单，从床上跳了起来。
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The lion roared once and sprang. [VERB]
狮子大吼一声，跳了起来。
SYN jump, bound, leap, bounce
5 VERB (突然朝某个方向)迅速移动，弹开 If something springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly. (突然朝某个方向)迅速移动，弹开
6 VERB 突然活跃起来;突然出现 If things or people spring into action or spring to life, they suddenly start being active or suddenly come into existence. 突然活跃起来;突然出现
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When she contacted me at the beginning of August to enlist support, Sharon and I sprang into action. [VERB prep.]
她 8 月初和我联系请求帮助时，我和沙伦便立即行动起来了。
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...new industries which had sprung into life during the 1920s. [VERB prep.]
在 20 世纪 20 年代突然出现的新型工业
7 VERB 起源于;发源于;来自 If one thing springs from another thing, it is the result of it. 起源于;发源于;来自
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Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage. [VERB + from]
埃塞俄比亚的艺术起源于其早期的基督教和伊斯兰教文化遗产。
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His anger sprang from his suffering at the loss of the most important love he had ever known in his life. [VERB from noun]
失去一生中的至爱让他悲痛不已，愤怒涌上他的心头。
SYN originate, come, derive, start
8 VERB (船舶、容器等)出现(裂缝) If a boat or container springs a leak, water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack. (船舶、容器等)出现(裂缝)
9 VERB 冷不防地说;突然告诉(或宣布) If you spring some news or a surprise on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them. 冷不防地说;突然告诉(或宣布)
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The two superpower leaders sprang a surprise at a ceremony in the White House yesterday by signing a trade deal. [VERB noun]
两个超级大国的领导人昨天在白宫的一个仪式上突然签署了一项贸易协定，令人倍感意外。
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Mclaren sprang a new idea on him. [VERB noun + on]
麦克拉伦突然告诉他一个新想法。
SYN announce suddenly, present suddenly, introduce suddenly, reveal suddenly
10 to spring to mind→see: mind
Quotations
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain T.S. Eliot The Waste Land
| Word Partnership | Use spring with: |
| ADJ. | early spring, last spring, late spring, next spring 1 cold spring, hot spring, warm spring 1 3 |
| N. | spring day, spring flowers, spring rains, spring term, spring training, spring weather 1 spring water 3 |
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