English Dictionary

spring

/spɹɪŋ/

noun

(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.

The cat made a graceful spring over the fence.

意味（1）

(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.

The pris'ner with a spring from prison broke;

Then stretch'd his feather'd fans with all his might,

The pris'ner with a spring from prison broke; Then stretch'd his feather'd fans with all his might, And to the neighb'ring maple wing'd his flight.

意味（2）

(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.

Chinese New Year always occurs in January or February but is called the Spring Festival throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring.

意味（3）

(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.

I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.

意味（4）

(uncountable, figuratively) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.

意味（5）

(figuratively, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization

Arab Spring

意味（6）

(countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.

意味（7）

(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.

This beer was brewed with pure spring water.

意味（8）

(oceanography, obsolete) The rising of the sea at high tide.

意味（9）

(oceanography) Short for spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.

意味（10）

A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.

We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.

意味（11）

(nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.

He had warped round with the springs on his cable, and had recommenced his fire upon the Aurora.

意味（12）

(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.

You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.

意味（13）

(figuratively) A race, a lineage.

意味（14）

(figuratively) A youth.

意味（15）

A shoot, a young tree.

意味（16）

A grove of trees; a forest.

意味（17）

(countable, slang) An erection of the penis.

意味（18）

(countable, nautical, obsolete) A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.

A spar is said to be sprung, when it is cracked or split,... and the crack is called a spring.

意味（19）

Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.

the spring of a bow

意味（20）

Elastic energy, power, or force.

Heav'ns what a spring was in his Arm, to throw:

Heav'ns what a spring was in his Arm, to throw: How high he held his Shield, and rose at ev'ry blow!

意味（21）

(countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.

As wel the singers as the players on instruments shall bee there: all my springs are in thee.

意味（22）

A cause, a motive, etc.

Our Author ſhuns by vulgar Springs to move / The Hero's Glory, or the Virgin's Love; […]

意味（23）

(obsolete) A lively piece of music.