Spring is here . The snow smelts .The earth is fresh. The grass sprouts .Spring is the most beautiful season !

　　春天来了。积雪融化，万物复苏，小草萌芽。春天简直是最美的季节了!

　　那么关于spring这个英文单词，除了春天，它还有什么意思呢?我们来一起学习一下吧!

 

　　1.Spring 本意春天，弹簧

　　Bed springs 指床垫弹簧。

　　例句：

　　The old mattress has no spring at all.

　　那个旧床垫一点弹性也没有了。

　　2. spring for means :to pay for or buy something, often for someone else.

　　意为“支付，请客”

　　例句：

　　Thank you for springing for the dinner tonight. It's very nice of you .

　　谢谢你今天晚上请客吃饭，你真好。

　　Bob is very generous.He often springs for meals for his friends.

　　Bob 很慷慨，他经常请他的朋友们吃饭。

　　

 

　　3. spring chicken means: "a young person"

　　意为：年轻人，初来乍到到人。也就是我们现在常说的“小鲜肉”，电视荧屏上出现的年轻演员可以称为“spring chicken”，办公室里新来报道的同事也可以称为“spring chicken”。可不能翻译为春天的鸡呀!

　　反义词：no spring chicken means ：be no longer young 意为再也不年轻了。

　　例句：

　　I am forty years old now ，so I am not a spring chicken any more.

　　我现在40岁了，所以我再也不年轻了。

　　Don't worry.She's not a spring chicken!She can deal with it by herself.

　　别担心，她不是小孩子了。她可以自己处理这件事的。

　　

 

　　4. a spring in your step

　　If you walk with or have a spring in your step, you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident.

　　这个短语意为：走路非常轻快，也代表你心情很开心并且很自信。

　　例句：

　　Something really good must have happened to Shelly! She's walking with a spring in her step today!

　　Shelly好像发生了很好的事情啊!她的步子非常轻快!

　　I am sure that you'll walk with a spring in your step when you know this news.

　　我相信你知道这个消息后，你走路都会很轻快的!