Spruce

(noun.) any coniferous tree of the genus Picea.

(noun.) light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork.

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• They were not unlike birds, altogether; having a sharp, brisk, sudden manner, and a little short, spruce way of adjusting themselves, like canaries. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He lived in chambers in the Albany, did Fledgeby, and maintained a spruce appearance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The original chewing gum was spruce gum, the exudation of the cut branches of the spruce or fir tree. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• At 33 feet the ball passes through 10? inches of spruce, at 490 through 5 inches, and its extreme range is 3,000 feet, or more than half a mile. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The district selected for lighting was the area--nearly a square mile in extent--included between Wall, Nassau, Spruce, and Ferry Streets, Peck Slip and the East River in New York City. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The larger ropes used by them, two inches in diameter, were made from the fibrous roots of the spruce. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They arrived, the carriage turned, the step was let down, and Mr. Elton, spruce, black, and smiling, was with them instantly. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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