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spruce sth up
spruce up 是短语动词；宾语是名词时也可放在 up 后，如 spruce up the room；代词则须放在中间，如 spruce it up。
We spruced the living room up with new cushions.
我们用新靠垫把客厅收拾整洁了。
云杉木；云杉材
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
云杉木；云杉材
spruce wood
We spruced the living room up with new cushions.
我们用新靠垫把客厅收拾整洁了。
云杉属(Picea)的各种大型针叶常绿乔木或灌木,原产于北温带和寒带地区；最初多称为云杉冷杉。
Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
云杉树的轻质、柔软、中等强度的木材；特别用于木材和木工
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
云杉的木材。
The wood of a spruce.
任何属于云杉属的针叶树
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
The carpenter chose spruce for the new bookshelves because it is light and easy to work with.
木匠为新书架选了云杉木，因为它轻便且易于加工。
We need to buy more spruce to finish the deck.
我们需要再买些云杉木来把露台做完。
The old table was made of solid spruce.
这张旧桌子是用实心云杉木做的。
spruce up 是短语动词；宾语是名词时也可放在 up 后，如 spruce up the room；代词则须放在中间，如 spruce it up。
We spruced the living room up with new cushions.
我们用新靠垫把客厅收拾整洁了。
不带宾语时表示把自己打扮整洁。
He spruced up for the party.
他为聚会打扮了一番。
作形容词时意为“整洁的、干净的”，常与 look、feel 等连系动词连用。
You look spruce in that suit.
你穿那套西装显得很整洁。
Not this
The table is made of a spruce.
Use this
The table is made of spruce.
spruce 表示“云杉木/木材”时是不可数名词，前面不能加 a，也不能用复数；a spruce 只能指一棵云杉树。所以表示材料时应直接用 spruce。
Not this
I need to spruce up it before the guests arrive.
Use this
I need to spruce it up before the guests arrive.
spruce up（打扮整齐/弄整洁）是“动词+副词”构成的短语动词。宾语是人称代词时，必须放在 spruce 和 up 之间，即 spruce it up，不能说 spruce up it。
Not this
He looks sprucely after a shave.
Use this
He looks spruce after a shave.
这里的 look 是系动词，意为“看起来”，后面应接形容词 spruce 作表语，不能用副词 sprucely。sprucely 只能修饰真正的动作动词，如 He dressed sprucely。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
把…收拾整洁；打扮整齐
We spruced up the bedroom before my parents arrived.
在父母到来之前，我们把卧室收拾整洁了。
云杉树
A tall spruce tree stood by the cabin.
小屋旁有一棵高大的云杉树。
云杉木
The frame is made of spruce wood.
这个框架是用云杉木做的。
云杉林
The trail runs through a dense spruce forest.
这条小径穿过一片茂密的云杉林。
蓝云杉
We planted a blue spruce in the garden.
我们在花园里种了一棵蓝云杉。
显得整洁利落
He looked spruce in his new suit.
他穿着新西装显得整洁利落。
打扮整洁；使整洁
Let's spruce up the living room before the guests arrive.
我们得在客人到达之前把客厅收拾整洁。
云杉鹅
The Spruce Goose was Howard Hughes's enormous wooden airplane, nicknamed after spruce wood, even though birch was used.
云杉鹅是霍华德·休斯巨大的木制飞机，因云杉木而得名，尽管实际使用的是桦木。
Use spruce naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一棵云杉（spruce）被修剪得整整齐齐，于是spruce也指‘整洁的、打扮整齐’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：林业/森林、木材加工、日常对话 该词作名词时通常指云杉树或其木材，属于中性词汇，在林业、木材加工和日常对话中比较常见；具体语感会随搭配环境略有差异。
这些词都与 spruce 押韵，读作 /uːs/：truce 拼写为 -ruce，loose/goose/moose 拼写为 -oose，juice 拼写为 -uice。注意：sauce /sɔːs/、source /sɔːrs/ 等词形似但发音不同，不要混淆。
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