spree
英[spri?]
美[spri]
- n. 狂歡；無節制的狂熱行為；歡鬧
- vi. 狂歡；狂飲
- n. (Spree)人名；(德)施普雷
詞態變化
復數:?sprees;
中文詞源
spree 玩樂，狂歡
俚語，可能來自法語 espirt,精神，生機勃勃，詞源同 spirit.引申詞義玩樂，狂歡。
英文詞源
- spree (n.)
- "a frolic, drinking bout," 1804, slang, earliest use in Scottish dialect works, of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit "lively wit" (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spre seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr. Watkins proposes a possible origin as an alteration of Scots spreath "cattle raid," from Gaelic sprédh, spré, "cattle; wealth," from Middle Irish preit, preid, "booty," ultimately from Latin praeda "plunder, booty" (see prey (n.)).
The splore is a frolic, a merry meeting. In the slang language of the inhabitants of St Giles's, in London, it is called a spree or a go. [Note in "Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern," vol. II, London, 1810]
In Foote's comedy "The Maid of Bath" (1794) the word appears as a Scottish dialect pronunciation of spry: " 'When I intermarried with Sir Launcelot Coldstream, I was en siek a spree lass as yoursel; and the baronet bordering upon his grand climacteric;' " etc.
雙語例句
- 1. They went on the spree and spent a lot of money.
- 他們大吃大喝,花了一大筆錢.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.
- 一些美國人在12月瘋狂花錢，以避開新稅。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. After her shoplifting spree she lived in mortal dread of being found out.
- 在商店連番行竊之后,她惶恐終日,害怕給人發現.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Old Sebastian's on the spree again.
- 老塞巴斯蒂安又狂歡了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He went on a drinking spree.
- 他狂飲作樂.
來自辭典例句