Word · Frequency #1503
spring
春季；春天
the season between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow and the weather becomes warmer
- 1.
An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
跳跃的动作:跃起,跳起。
- 2.
the season of growth
生长的季节
- 3.
The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
春季,温带地区一年中气温回升、日照延长、植物发芽开花、冬眠动物苏醒的季节。
- 4.
a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
一种金属弹性装置,受推、拉或压时能恢复原状或位置
- 5.
The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
某物成长的时间；某过程的早期阶段。
- 6.
a natural flow of ground water
地下水的天然流出
- 7.
Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
肤色象牙白或桃色、眼发颜色不深的人,被认为最适合某些颜色的衣服。
- 8.
Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
跳跃、涌出、跳起或弹回之物,尤指
- 9.
Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
弹性:跳起、涌出或弹回的特性,尤指
- 10.
The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
行动或某物供应的来源。
- 11.
Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
促使他人或他物跳起或采取行动的事物,尤指
弹簧；泉；泉水；跳跃；跃起；起源；来源；初期；春季型肤色的人
In use
Many flowers bloom in spring.
Spring is my favorite season of the year.
The garden looks beautiful in early spring.
the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
he will hold office until the spring of next year
the spring was broken
in spring
表示季节时，通常不加冠词。
Birds sing in spring.
鸟儿在春天歌唱。
a spring of
Connections
Collocations
- early spring
- 早春
- The flowers bloom in early spring.花在早春绽放。
- spring water
- 泉水
- They drink fresh spring water from the mountain.他们喝山里的新鲜泉水。
- spring cleaning
- 春季大扫除
- We do spring cleaning every April.我们每年四月进行春季大扫除。
- coil spring
- 螺旋弹簧
- The car's suspension uses a coil spring.汽车的悬架使用螺旋弹簧。
- hot spring
- 温泉
- We enjoyed bathing in the hot spring.我们享受在温泉里泡澡。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
春天（spring）泉水涌出，万物生长，记住spr像抽芽的枝条，-ing表示进行时，春天正是生机勃勃的季节。
Context & Register
通常用于描述春季时节，中性语域，适用于各种正式和非正式场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the stressed vowel /ɪ/ and final /ŋ/ with 'spring', making them perfect rhymes. Note that despite spelling differences (e.g., 'sing' and 'thing' lack the 'r'), they sound the same in the ending.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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