spree英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Uninhibited activity. in-compounds

— spending spree
A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic. dated

— Tradition says she spent the last two years of her life in the strange den I have been speaking of, after having indulged herself in one final, triumphant and satisfying spree.

动词 v.

To engage in a spree. intransitive,rare

— And I never spreed with the fellows as a student any more than I had enjoyed myself with the lads in the playground.

词形变化

sprees plural sprees present,singular,third-person spreeing participle,present spreed participle,past spreed past

词汇关系

衍生词

killing spree shooting spree shopping spree spending spree spreeish spree killer

词源

词源 1

Unknown. According to Douglas Harper’s Online Etymological Dictionary, “a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit (“lively wit”) (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spré 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”)”.

词源 2

Unknown. According to Douglas Harper’s Online Etymological Dictionary, “a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit (“lively wit”) (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spré 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”)”.