neat in dress and appearance
(衣着或外表)整洁的
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he looked as spruce as if he were heading for a meeting with his bank manager .他穿着整洁,像是要去和银行经理见面一样。
make a person or place smarter or tidier
把(人,地方)装扮得更漂亮(更整洁)
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the fund will be used to spruce up historic buildings .这笔资金将用来装扮古建筑。
a widespread coniferous tree which has a distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, widely grown for timber, pulp, and Christmas trees
云杉。
〈英, 非正式,旧〉 说谎,骗人(尤指装病)
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he's no fool; he'd have known if she was sprucing .他一点也不笨,如果她说谎的话他早就知道了。
[with obj.]deceive
欺骗
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they spruced you proper .他们完全欺骗了你。
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