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spring1 /sprɪŋ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  1  season 季节 [countable, uncountable]TMC the season between winter and summer when leaves and flowers appear 春天，春季spring of the spring of 1933 1933 年春季in/during the spring It’s due to open in the spring. 预定在春天开放。late/early spring It was a cold, sunny day in early spring. 那是早春的一个晴朗的寒天。 spring flowers 春花2  curved metal 弯曲的金属 a) [countable usually plural]TD something, usually a twisted piece of metal, that will return to its previous shape after it has been pressed down 弹簧；发条 an old armchair with broken springs 一把弹簧已坏的旧扶手椅 b) [uncountable]SOFT the ability of a chair, bed etc to return to its normal shape after being pressed down 〔椅子、床等的〕弹性，弹力3  water 水 [countable]DN a place where water comes up naturally from the ground 泉，泉源 spring water 泉水 There are several hot springs in the area. 这地区有几处温泉。 →4  See picture of 见图 RIVER4  spring in your step ENERGETICif you walk with a spring in your step, you move quickly and happily 步伐轻快 As he walked into the office that morning, there was a spring in his step. 那天早上他迈着轻快的脚步走进办公室。5. full of the joys of spring happy and full of energy – used humorously 快乐活跃的〔幽默用法〕6. sudden jump 突然一跳 [singular]JUMP a sudden quick movement or jump in a particular direction 跳，跳跃 SYN leapn GRAMMAR: Patterns with springin spring/in the spring• You use in spring or in the spring when saying that something happens at this time: In spring the days get longer. She’s coming to visit us in the spring.last spring/this spring etcDon’t use in with these words:• You say last spring: They moved here last spring. ✗Don’t say: They moved here in last spring.• You say this spring: The flowers are beautiful this spring. ✗Don’t say: The flowers are beautiful in this spring.• You say next spring: They’re getting married next spring. ✗Don’t say: They’re getting married in next spring.• You say that spring: It rained a lot that spring. ✗Don’t say: It rained a lot in that spring.

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spring• spring flowers• A ruling is expected by spring.• The majority of these become arrested in the abomasum as EL4 and do not complete development until the following spring.• The hot springs in the mountain smell of sulfur.• Last spring, he counted 26 of them at the mouth of the Charles River.• The day the peony falls I will be sunk already in the sorrow of a lost spring.• There's not much spring left in this mattress.• Yet the caress of his meaning was delicate as the first green fronds of spring.• The company also plans a new sub-compact in the spring.• The Board of Education was far from happy with the rules and throughout the spring and summer the dispute rumbled on.• Nothing except the altar built in the heart of the wood, next to the spring.in/during the spring• But in addition there remained the puzzle of how the helium came to be in the springs.• January sees the start of a fourth series, and a fifth will be filmed in the spring.• Next come public meetings in the spring.• Of course you got mists in the spring, when the weather was changing, but this mist was coming from Uberwald.• Such was the situation at Hanes's Sparta, North Carolina, plant in the spring of 1985.• Clearing two acres of tree stumps so a garden could be planted in the spring.• Hector said they both knew you were going to break the truce yourself in the spring anyway.hot springs• Hot, hydrothermally altered ground and relatively weak fumaroles, but no active hot springs, are found on these volcanoes.• Scientists hope the coming generation of Mars probes will detect former hot springs.• The lake is noted for its hot springs, steam jets and geysers.• Hippie dips, or hot pots, are circles of rocks built around natural hot springs.• The helium would seep up through fissures, and hence its natural occurrence near the hot springs.• The hot springs in the Jemez above us smelling of sulfur.• And though the researchers had suspected all along that these hot springs existed, the real thing had far surpassed their imaginings.• Close by are the famous Dimmuborgir, Grjótagjá and Stóragjá underground hot springs.spring2 ●●○ verb (past tense sprang /spræŋ/ or sprung /sprʌŋ/ American English, past participle sprung)  1  move suddenly 突然移动JUMP [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction, especially by jumping 跳，跳跃，跳起 SYN leapspring out of/from Tom sprung out of bed and ran downstairs. 汤姆跳下床，冲到楼下。spring out at somebody Two men sprang out at me as I was walking through the park. 我正在公园里走着，两名男子突然朝我冲来。 He sprang to his feet (=stood up suddenly) and rushed after her. 他腾地站起身，冲过去追她。spring to somebody’s aid/assistance (=move quickly to help someone) 赶快去帮助某人 One of the young policemen sprang to her assistance. 有个年轻的警察赶紧过去帮她。 RegisterSpring is used mostly in literature. In everyday English, people usually say jump: spring 主要用于文学作品。在日常英语中,人们通常说 jumpHe jumped out of bed. 他跳下床。2  move back 复原 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]BACK/BACKWARDS if something springs back, open etc, it moves quickly, suddenly, and with force, especially after being pushed down or sideways 弹回原处，反弹spring back/up The branch sprang back and hit him in the face. 树枝弹回来，打在他的脸上。spring open/shut The gate sprang shut behind them. 大门在他们身后弹回关上了。3  spring to (somebody’s) mind THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHTif someone or something springs to mind, you immediately think of them （某人）马上想到 Two questions spring to mind. 脑子里跳出了两个问题。4  spring into action  (also spring to/into life)DO something/TAKE ACTION to suddenly become active, start moving, or start working 突然活跃[行动，工作]起来 They were prepared and ready to spring into action. 他们已经做好准备随时开始行动。 Finally, the engine sprang to life. 引擎终于发动起来了。5  spring a surprise SURPRISEDto do something surprising 做令人吃惊的事 Roy is unlikely to spring any surprises. 罗伊不大可能有什么惊人之举。6. tears spring to/into somebody’s eyes written used to say that someone starts to cry 泪水涌上某人的双眼7  spring into existence/being START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCto suddenly begin to exist 突然出现，冒出来 A lot of small businesses sprang into existence during the 1980s. 20 世纪 80 年代冒出了许多小公司。8  spring a trap a) CATCHif an animal springs a trap, it is caught by the trap 〔动物〕触发捕捉器〔而被捉〕 b) TRICK/DECEIVEto make someone say or do something by tricking them 设圈套诱使某人说[干]出某事9. spring a leak POURif a boat or a container springs a leak, it begins to let liquid in or out through a crack or hole 〔船或容器〕出现裂缝〔开始漏水〕10  spring to somebody’s defence DEFENDto quickly defend someone who is being criticized 马上为某人辩护 Charlene sprang immediately to her son’s defence. 查伦马上站出来为儿子辩护。11. spring to attention PMAif soldiers spring to attention, they stand suddenly upright 〔士兵〕霍然立正12. help SB escape 帮助某人逃脱 [transitive + from] informalESCAPE to help someone escape from prison 帮助…越狱 PHRASAL VERBS13 spring for something phrasal verb American English informal to pay for something 付账，付钱 I’ll spring for the beer tonight. 今晚的啤酒我买单。14 spring from something phrasal verb spoken CAUSEto be caused by something or start from something 由…引起 behaviour which springs from prejudices 因偏见而产生的行为15 spring something on somebody phrasal verb TELLto tell someone something or ask them to do something when they do not expect it and are not ready for it 向〔某人〕突然说[要求]〔意料之外的事〕 It’s not fair to spring this on her without any warning. 事先也不说一声就这样要求她，这是不公平的。16 spring up phrasal verb START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCto suddenly appear or start to exist 突然出现 Fast-food restaurants are springing up all over town. 快餐店一家家地冒出来，遍布整个小镇。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

spring• By the time we had learned to sail, poor Elizabeth had sprung a rather serious leak.• He raked his fingers through his hair and watched it spring back around his face in untidy tufts.• A wind sprang from the east, an idea of rain, sudden, pervading the air.• It is frighteningly easy to picture our children bald-gummed, big-headed as the babies they sprang out of.• Equally notable figures will spring to the defence of the secret deal, however.• In some spots, towns of 10,000 residents sprang up literally overnight.• And a new kind of restaurant had sprung up with expensive menus and a young, confident clientele.spring out of/from• So I got me some steak, and I got me the spring out of a clock.• A tiger's head sprang out from it snorting and snarling.• As she cried, the garden roses sprang out of the ground from beneath her tears.• The name Parastaev sprang out of the page, billed as speaking at that very moment.• As they stood off guard, two young men both carrying suitcases sprang out from the passageway behind the tomb.spring back/up• As the rifts widen, their side effects spring up across the countryside.• Millions of old people joined the Townsend Clubs that sprang up across the nation.• When it is cold, the rubber doesn't spring back after you press it.• Then she sprang up and raced along the path.• Coffeehouses at that time were springing up by the thousands, and they were usually men-only establishments.• But nevertheless, when we moved out, we moved out expecting trouble to spring up in front of us any moment.• His thick hair, still damp and scored with comb marks, was springing back into its usual lustrous waves.• It is just one, however, of several that have sprung up to assist car buyers.Origin spring2 Old English springan

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between the flowers and leaves when Corpus winter summer and season

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spring¹ S2 W2 /sprɪŋ/ noun
1.  SEASON  [uncountable and countable] the season between winter and summer when leaves and flowers appear
    spring of
    the spring of 1933
    in/during the spring
    It’s due to open in the spring.
    late/early spring
    It was a cold, sunny day in early spring.
    spring flowers
2.
   CURVED METAL
  a. [countable usually plural] something, usually a twisted piece of metal, that will return to its previous shape after it has been pressed down:
    an old armchair with broken springs
  b. [uncountable] the ability of a chair, bed etc to return to its normal shape after being pressed down
3.  WATER  [countable] a place where water comes up naturally from the ground:
    spring water
    There are several hot springs in the area.
4. spring in your step if you walk with a spring in your step, you move quickly and happily:
    As he walked into the office that morning, there was a spring in his step.
5. full of the joys of spring happy and full of energy – used humorously
6.  SUDDEN JUMP  [singular] a sudden quick movement or jump in a particular direction
   SYN  leap

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spring² verb (past tense sprang /spræŋ/ or sprung /sprʌŋ/ American English, past participle sprung)1.  MOVE SUDDENLY  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction, especially by jumping
   SYN  leap
    spring out of/from
    Tom sprung out of bed and ran downstairs.
    spring out at somebody
    Two men sprang out at me as I was walking through the park.
    He sprang to his feet (=stood up suddenly) and rushed after her.
    spring to sb’s aid/assistance (=move quickly to help someone)
    One of the young policemen sprang to her assistance.
  REGISTER
    Spring is used mostly in literature. In everyday English, people usually say jump:
   ▪ He jumped out of bed.
2.  MOVE BACK  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if something springs back, open etc, it moves quickly, suddenly, and with force, especially after being pushed down or sideways
    spring back/up
    The branch sprang back and hit him in the face.
    spring open/shut
    The gate sprang shut behind them.
3. spring to (sb’s) mind if someone or something springs to mind, you immediately think of them:
    Two questions spring to mind.
4. spring into action (also spring to/into life) to suddenly become active, start moving, or start working:
    They were prepared and ready to spring into action.
    Finally, the engine sprang to life.
5. spring a surprise to do something surprising:
    Roy is unlikely to spring any surprises.
6. tears spring to/into sb’s eyes written used to say that someone starts to cry
7. spring into existence/being to suddenly begin to exist:
    A lot of small businesses sprang into existence during the 1980s.
8. spring a trap
  a. if an animal springs a trap, it is caught by the trap
  b. to make someone say or do something by tricking them
9. spring a leak if a boat or a container springs a leak, it begins to let liquid in or out through a crack or hole
10. spring to sb’s defence to quickly defend someone who is being criticized:
    Charlene sprang immediately to her son’s defence.
11. spring to attention if soldiers spring to attention, they stand suddenly upright
12.  HELP SOMEBODY ESCAPE  [transitive + from] informal to help someone escape from prison
     
spring for something phrasal verb American English informal
  to pay for something:
    I’ll spring for the beer tonight.
spring from something phrasal verb spoken
  to be caused by something or start from something:
    behaviour which springs from prejudices
spring something on somebody phrasal verb
  to tell someone something or ask them to do something when they do not expect it and are not ready for it:
    It’s not fair to spring this on her without any warning.
spring up phrasal verb
  to suddenly appear or start to exist:
    Fast-food restaurants are springing up all over town.