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v., sprang (sprăng), or sprung (sprŭng), sprung, spring·ing, springs.

v.intr.
  1. To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap.
  2. To move suddenly on or as if on a spring: The door sprang shut. The emergency room team sprang into action.
  3. To appear or come into being quickly: New businesses were springing up rapidly. See synonyms at stem1.
  4. To issue or emerge suddenly: A cry sprang from her lips. A thought springs to mind.
  5. To extend or curve upward, as an arch.
  6. To arise from a source; develop.
  7. To become warped, split, or cracked. Used of wood.
  8. To move out of place; come loose, as parts of a mechanism.
  9. Slang. To pay another's expenses: He offered to spring for the dinner.
v.tr.
  1. To cause to leap, dart, or come forth suddenly.
  2. To jump over; vault.
  3. To release from a checked or inoperative position; actuate: spring a trap.
    1. To cause to warp, split, or crack, as a mast.
    2. To bend by force.
  5. To present or disclose unexpectedly or suddenly: "He sprung on the world this novel approach to political journalism" (Curtis Wilkie).
  6. Slang. To cause to be released from prison or other confinement.
n.
  1. An elastic device, such as a coil of wire, that regains its original shape after being compressed or extended.
  2. An actuating force or factor; a motive.
    1. Elasticity; resilience.
    2. Energetic bounce: a spring to one's step.
  4. The act or an instance of jumping or leaping.
  5. A usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress; recoil.
  6. A small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth.
  7. A source, origin, or beginning.
    1. The season of the year, occurring between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to comprise March, April, and May.
    2. A time of growth and renewal.
  9. A warping, bending, or cracking, as that caused by excessive force.
  10. Architecture. The point at which an arch or vault rises from its support.
adj.
  1. Of or acting like a spring; resilient.
  2. Having or supported by springs: a spring mattress.
    1. Of, relating to, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of spring: spring showers; spring planting.
    2. Grown during the season of spring: spring crops.

[Middle English springen, from Old English springan. N., Middle English springe, from Old English spring, wellspring.]


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verb

  1. To move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet: hurdle, jump, leap, vault2. See move/halt, rise/fall.
  2. To bound lightly: hop, skip, skitter, trip. See move/halt.
  3. To move in a lively way: bounce, bound1, jump, leap. See move/halt.
  4. To have as a source: arise, come, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, stem, upspring. See start/end.
  5. To have hereditary derivation: derive, descend, issue. Idioms: trace one's descent. See kin.
  6. To set at liberty: discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, manumit, release. Idioms: let loose. See free/unfree.

noun

  1. The quality or state of being flexible: bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, springiness, suppleness. Obsolete flexure. See flexible/rigid.
  2. The act of jumping: jump, leap, vault2. See move/halt, rise/fall.
  3. A light bounding movement: hop, skip. See move/halt.
  4. A sudden lively movement: bounce, bound1, jump, leap. See move/halt.
  5. A point of origination: beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root1, rootstock, source, well1. See start/end.
  6. A basis for an action or a decision: cause, ground (often used in plural), motivation, motive, reason. See start/end.
  7. The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, start. See start/end.
  8. The season of the year during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive: seedtime, springtide, springtime. See time.
  9. The time of life between childhood and maturity: adolescence, greenness, juvenescence, juvenility, puberty, salad days, youth, youthfulness. See youth/age/maturity.

adjective

    Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the season of spring: vernal. See time.

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n

Definition: origin
Antonyms: end, result

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1. An elastic body or device (such as a spirally wound metal coil) which stores mechanical energy when it is compressed and imparts this energy when it recovers its shape.
2. See springing.
3. See crook, 1.

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IN BRIEF: To jump up quickly. Also: The season of the year after winter.

pronunciation I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. — Ruth Stout, American author of Gardening Without Work.

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Quotes:

"April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain." - T. S. Eliot

"Nothing is so beautiful as spring -- when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing." - Gerard Manley Hopkins

"For like as herbs and trees bringing forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds." - Sir Thomas Malory

"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May." - William Shakespeare

"Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!" - Wallace Stevens

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Spring symbolizes new tasks and creative endeavors.

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Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Its days are close to twelve hours long with increasing day length, as it occurs near the time of an equinox. In the Northern Hemisphere, spring runs from March into May, and in the Southern Hemisphere it runs from September into November. Spring is also the tropical cyclone season in both hemispheres, although it is more delayed in the north Atlantic Ocean than the other ocean basins.


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Definition

Meteorologists generally define four seasons in many climatic areas, winter, spring, summer and autumn (or fall). These are demarcated by the values of their average temperatures on a monthly basis, with each season lasting three months. The three warmest months are by definition summer, the three coldest months are winter, and the intervening gaps are spring and autumn. Spring, when defined in this manner, can start on different dates in different regions. In the vast majority of Northern Hemisphere locations, spring occurs during the months of March, April and May. (Summer is June, July, August; Autumn is September, October, November; Winter is December, January, February.) The vast majority of Southern Hemisphere locations will have opposing seasons with spring in September, October and November.[1]

Astronomically, the vernal equinox (usually 20 March in the Northern Hemisphere, and 22 September in the Southern Hemisphere), should be the middle of spring (based on the angle of the sun and insolation) and the summer solstice (usually 21 June in the Northern Hemisphere and 21 December in the Southern Hemisphere) should be mid-summer (because the sun is at its highest) but daytime temperatures lag behind insolation by several weeks because the earth and sea have thermal latency and take time to warm up. Some cultures, such as those who devised the Celtic and East Asian calendars, call the spring equinox mid-spring, but others (especially in the USA and England) regard it as the "first day of spring". For most temperate regions, signs of spring appear long before the middle of March, but the folklore of 21 March being the "first day of spring" persists, and 21 June as the "first day of summer" is common in the USA.[2] In South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, spring begins on 1 September, and has no relation to the vernal equinox.[3]

According to the Celtic tradition, which is based solely on daylight and the strength of the noon sun, spring begins in early February (near Imbolc or Candlemas) and continues until early May (Beltane).

The phenological definition of spring relates to indicators, the blossoming of a range of plant species, and the activities of animals, or the special smell of soil that has reached the temperature for micro flora to flourish. It therefore varies according to the climate and according to the specific weather of a particular year.

Events

A blooming Sour Cherry in spring

In recent decades season creep has been observed, which means that many phenological signs of spring are occurring earlier in many regions by a couple of days per decade.

In spring, the axis of the Earth is increasing its tilt toward the Sun and the length of daylight rapidly increases for the relevant hemisphere. The hemisphere begins to warm significantly causing new plant growth to "spring forth," giving the season its name. Snow, if a normal part of winter, begins to melt, and streams swell with runoff. Frosts, if a normal part of winter, become less severe. Temperate climates have no snow and rare frosts, the air and ground temperature increases more rapidly. Many flowering plants bloom this time of year, in a long succession sometimes beginning even if snow is still on the ground, continuing into early summer. In normally snowless areas "spring" may begin as early as February (Northern Hemisphere) heralded by the blooming of deciduous magnolias, cherries, and quince, or August (Southern Hemisphere) in the same way. Subtropical and tropical areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, eg dry or wet, or monsoonal, or cyclonic. Often the cultures have locally defined names for seasons which have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe. Many temperate areas have a dry spring, and wet autumn (fall), which brings about flowering in this season more consistent with the need for water as well as warmth. Subarctic areas may not experience "spring" at all until May or even June, or December in the outer Antarctic.

While spring is a result of the warmth caused by the turning of the Earth's axis, the weather in many parts of the world is overlain by events which appear very erratic taken on a year-to-year basis. The rainfall in spring (or any season) follows trends more related to longer cycles or events created by ocean currents and ocean temperatures. A good and well-researched example being the El Niño effect and the Southern Oscillation Index.

Unstable weather may more often occur during spring, when warm air begins on occasions to invade from lower latitudes, while cold air is still pushing on occasions from the Polar Regions. Flooding is also most common in and near mountainous areas during this time of year because of snowmelt, accelerated by warm rains. In the United States, Tornado Alley is most active this time of year, especially since the Rocky Mountains prevent the surging hot and cold air masses from spreading eastward and instead force them into direct conflict. Besides tornadoes, supercell thunderstorms can also produce dangerously large hail and very high winds, for which a severe thunderstorm warning or tornado warning is usually issued. Even more so than in winter, the jet streams play an important role in unstable and severe weather in the springtime in the Northern Hemisphere.

Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life (both plant and animal) being born. The term is also used more generally as a metaphor for the start of better times, as in Prague Spring.

Spring in the Southern Hemisphere is different in several significant ways to that of the Northern Hemisphere. This is because: there is no land bridge between Southern Hemisphere countries and the Antarctic zone capable of bringing in cold air without the temperature-mitigating effects of extensive tracts of water; the vastly greater amount of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere at all latitudes; at this time in Earth's geologic history the Earth has an orbit which brings it in closer to the Southern Hemisphere for its warmer seasons; there is a circumpolar flow of air (the roaring 40's and 50's) uninterrupted by large land masses; no equivalent jet streams; and the peculiarities of the reversing ocean currents in the Pacific.

Festivals

Mesopotamia

Main articles: Akitu and Tammuz (diety)

Akitu (Sumerian Akiti-šekinku "cutting of barley", Akiti-šununum "sowing of barley", Babylonian rêš-šattim "head of the year") was a spring festival in ancient Mesopotamia. The name is from the Sumerian for "barley", originally marking two festivals celebrating the beginning of each of the two half-years of the Sumerian calendar, marking the sowing of barley in autumn and the cutting of barley in spring, in the month of Nisannu (Aries). In Babylonian religion it came to be dedicated to Marduk's victory over Tiamat.

Afghanistan

Main article: Nowruz

The first day of spring is the beginning of the new year, Nowruz, in the Afghan calendar. Nowruz (also Naw-Rúz, Norooz, Newroz, Navroj, and many other variants) marks an important traditional holiday festival celebrated in Afghanistan as well as in many other countries such as Azerbaijan, Iran and Tajikistan.

Australia

Main article: Spring Carnival

The annual Spring Racing Carnival of thoroughbred horse racing events is held in Melbourne in October and November, with large crowds attending. The Melbourne Cup, held on the first Tuesday of November, is Australia's premier horse race and is recognised as a public holiday in the state of Victoria. It is also referred to as The race that stops a nation.

Persia

Main article: Nowruz

The first day of spring (celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on 21 March or the previous or following day depending on where it is observed) is the beginning of the new year, Nowruz, in the Iranian calendar. Nowruz (also Naw-Rúz, Norooz, Newroz, Navroj, and many other variants) marks an important traditional holiday festival celebrated in Iran as well as in many other countries with a significant population from one of various Iranian peoples, such as Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and by Kurdish communities in Turkey and Iraq and elsewhere.

May Day

Main article: May Day
Further information: Beltane

1 May is the date of several public holidays.[4] In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. As a day of celebration the holiday has ancient origins, and it can relate to many customs that have survived into modern times. Many of these customs are due to May Day being a cross-quarter day, meaning that (in the Northern Hemisphere where it is almost exclusively celebrated) it falls approximately halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. In the Celtic tradition, this date marked the end of Spring and the beginning of Summer.

Easter

Main article: Easter

Easter is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.[5] Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the "third day"[6] (two days after his crucifixion), and celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day, two days after Good Friday. The date of Easter varies between 22 March and 25 April in Western tradition, and between 4 April and 8 May in Eastern Christianity.

Chinese New Year

Main article: Chinese New Year

The Chinese Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often called the Lunar New Year, especially by people in mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī. It literally means "Year-pass Eve". The usual starting date is the second new moon after the winter solstice, i.e. between mid-January and mid-February in the Gregorian calendar.

India

Main article: Indian Spring Festival

Holi, celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month Phalguna (February/March), is the most vibrant festival of colours celebrated by Hindus in India. People throw water and apply colour powders on each other.
Vasant Panchami is celebrated in North India on the fifth day of the Indian month Magh (January-February), the first day of spring.

Vietnam

Main article: Tết

Vietnamese use the traditional lunar as well as the modern solar calendar. The celebration of Vietnamese New Year in late January or early February is regarded as the beginning of Spring. The lunar calendar is used mainly to divide the year into seasons for agriculture purposes. In the old days, the celebration used to last the entire month of January of the lunar calendar. Traditionally, firecrackers are used on New Year's Eve, or đêm giao thừa in Vietnamese, to scare away bad spirits.

Pakistan

Kite festival competitions are held all over Pakistan.

Gallery

Dandelions in spring

Encelia farinosa in spring

References

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  1. ^ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
  2. ^ http://www.examiner.com/x-4109-SF-Weather-Examiner~y2009m6d16-The-first-day-of-summerkind-of
  3. ^ http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/weather-watch/2009/8/18/how-do-you-tell-if-spring-has-arrived/?c_id=10
  4. ^ Anthony Aveni, "May Day: A Collision of Forces," The Book of the Year: A Brief History of Our Seasonal Holidays (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), 79-89.
  5. ^ Anthony Aveni, "The Easter/Passover Season: Connecting Time's Broken Circle," The Book of the Year: A Brief History of Our Seasonal Holidays (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), 64-78.
  6. ^ This resurrection is commonly said to have occurred "on the third day", including the day of crucifixion. (e.g. Luke 24:21 KJV)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - springe, fare, revne, knække, slå sig, spire, skyde op, dukke op
v. tr. - springe, fare, revne, knække, slå sig, spire, skyde op, dukke op, komme frem med, affjedre
n. - forår, vår, spring, fjeder, kilde, bæk, revne
adj. - springe

idioms:

  • no spring chicken    ikke nogen vårhare
  • spring a leak    springe læk
  • spring fever    forårsfornemmelser
  • spring greens    skud fra kålplanter
  • spring into action    skride i aktion
  • spring onion    forårsløg
  • spring roll    forårsrulle
  • spring tide    springflod
  • spring to life    opstå
  • spring to mind    falde en ind
  • spring water    kildevand

Nederlands (Dutch)
(spring)veer, bron, lente, sprong, veerkracht, springen, (terug-/op-)veren, groeien, plotseling doen, lente-, voorjaars-

Français (French)
v. intr. - sauter, bondir, s'ouvrir/se fermer brusquement, naître de, venir de
v. tr. - déclencher, faire sauter, commencer à, annoncer (qch) de but en blanc, aider (qn) à faire la belle (fam), libérer (un prisonnier), lever (à la chasse)
n. - printemps, (Tech) ressort, bond, élasticité, source (d'eau)
adj. - de printemps, printanier

idioms:

  • no spring chicken    (ne plus être) tout jeune
  • spring a leak    commencer à faire eau (un bateau), se mettre à fuir (un tuyau)
  • spring fever    fièvre printanière
  • spring greens    (GB, Culin) choux de printemps
  • spring into action    passer à l'action
  • spring onion    (GB, Culin) ciboule
  • spring roll    (Culin) rouleau de printemps
  • spring tide    (Naut, Météo) grande marée, marée de vive eau, printemps (littér)
  • spring to life    naître, surgir
  • spring to mind    venir à l'esprit
  • spring water    eau de source

Deutsch (German)
n. - Feder, Elastizität, Zurückschnellen, Quelle, Frühling, Sprung
v. - springen, keimen, auslösen
adj. - Frühlings-, Feder-

idioms:

  • no spring chicken    (nicht mehr) der/die Jüngste
  • spring a leak    leckschlagen
  • spring fever    Frühjahrsmüdigkeit
  • spring greens    Frühkohl
  • spring into action    in Aktion treten
  • spring onion    Frühlingszwiebel
  • spring roll    Frühlingsrolle
  • spring tide    Frühlingszeit
  • spring to life    plötzlich zum Leben erwachen, plötzlich anspringen
  • spring to mind    jmdm. einfallen
  • spring water    Quellwasser

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άνοιξη, άλμα, αναπήδηση, ελαστικότητα, ικανότητα αναπήδησης, πηγή, νερομάνα, σούστα, έλασμα σούστας, (μτφ.) αφετηρία, προέλευση, νεότητα, (αρχιτ.) γένεση καμπύλης, (μηχαν.) ελατήριο
v. - (ανα)πηδώ, εκτινάσσομαι, εφορμώ, μουντάρω, (ξε)πετάγομαι, ξεφυτρώνω, αναβλύζω, (εκ)πηγάζω, προέρχομαι, κατάγομαι, (για θήραμα) ξεπετάω, σηκώνω, (καθομ.) ξοδεύω (χρήματα)
adj. - ανοιξιάτικος, ελατηριωτός, με σούστες

idioms:

  • no spring chicken    (καθομ.) μιας κάποιας ηλικίας
  • spring a leak    κάνω/μπάζω νερά
  • spring fever    ανοιξιάτικη νωθρότητα
  • spring greens    λαχανόφυλλα
  • spring into action    αναλαμβάνω δράση
  • spring onion    φρέσκο κρεμμύδι
  • spring roll    γεμιστό, τηγανητό πιτάκι (μεζές της κινέζικης κουζίνας)
  • spring tide    παλίρροια των συζυγιών
  • spring to life    ζωντανεύω
  • spring to mind    μου έρχεται στο νου
  • spring water    νερό πηγής

Italiano (Italian)
saltare, molla, sorgente, primavera, salto, primaverile

idioms:

  • (no) spring chicken    pollastrello
  • spring a leak    aprire una falla
  • spring fever    febbre del fieno
  • spring greens    cavoletti
  • spring into action    entrare in azione
  • spring onion    cipollina
  • spring roll    eggroll
  • spring tide    alta marea massima
  • spring to life    entrare in funzione
  • spring to mind    venire in mente
  • spring water    acqua di sorgente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - primavera (f), fonte (f), salto (m), mola (f), motivo (m), elasticidade (f)
v. - jorrar, nascer, resultar de, descender
adj. - de primavera

idioms:

  • (no) spring chicken    que não é mais jovem
  • spring a leak    fazer água
  • spring fever    desejo súbito de fazer coisas novas
  • spring greens    o verde da primavera
  • spring into action    entrar em ação
  • spring onion    cebola verde
  • spring roll    rolinho primavera (Culin.)
  • spring tide    maré de grande amplitude
  • spring to life    tornar-se ativo subitamente
  • spring to mind    vir à mente
  • spring water    água de fonte

Русский (Russian)
прыжок, разбег, живость, родник, трещина, происхождение, пружина, упругость, причина, весна, прыгать, бросаться, вскакивать, появляться, вытекать, приводить в действие, весенний, молодой

idioms:

  • (no) spring chicken    молодой/"не первой молодости"
  • spring a leak    давать течь
  • spring fever    "весенняя лихорадка", сенная лихорадка, весеннее томление
  • spring greens    молодая капуста
  • spring into action    внезапно начать действовать
  • spring onion    зеленый лук
  • spring roll    фаршированный блинчик
  • spring tide    весенняя пора, весеннее половодье, вешние воды, бурный прилив (чувств), подъем, рост
  • spring to life    внезапно ожить
  • spring to mind     приходить в голову
  • spring water    ключевая вода

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - saltar, brincar, lanzarse, arrojarse, precipitarse, abalanzarse, surgir, brotar, manar, dimanar, provenir, nacer, crecer, salir, emerger, aparecer, elevarse, levantarse, subir, arrancar (un arco), ser elástico, moverse como por resorte, torcerse, estallar (una mina), romperse
v. tr. - hacer saltar, levantar (la caza), hacer brotar, sacar, presentar, anunciar, soltar un resorte, torcer, alabear, forzar, romper, rajar, hacer estallar, saltar, dar, gastar, emborrachar, construir
n. - resorte, fuente, manantial, primavera, salto, bote, brinco
adj. - de primavera, primaveral, de fuente o manantial

idioms:

  • no spring chicken    persona que ya pasó su juventud
  • spring a leak    empezar a hacer agua
  • spring fever    sensación de rejuvenecimiento, modorra o pereza primaveral, desasosiego
  • spring greens    hojas de repollo o col de un tipo específico
  • spring into action    activarse de un golpe
  • spring onion    los tallos de la cebolla verde
  • spring roll    rollo de primavera
  • spring tide    aguas vivas, marea viva
  • spring to life    volver a la vida
  • spring to mind    venir a la mente, ocurrir de repente
  • spring water    agua de manantial, agua mineral

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vår, språng, hopp, fjäder, källa, återstudsning, uppkomst, fjädring
v. - hoppa, rinna, spruta, spira, skjuta upp, komma upp, uppstå, härröra, bräckas, utlösa
adj. - fjäder-, vår-, språng-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跳, 跃, 飞快地行动, 弹起, 反弹, 弹开, 突然出现, 涌现, 使弹起, 使弹开, 突然提出, 使弹成某种状况, 使裂开, 春天, 跳跃, 弹簧, 春天的

idioms:

  • no spring chicken    不是不经世故的人
  • spring a leak    生漏缝
  • spring fever    春天懒洋洋, 春倦症
  • spring greens    嫩洋白菜
  • spring into action    开始运转, 迅速行动
  • spring onion    大葱
  • spring roll    春卷
  • spring tide    满潮, 高潮
  • spring to life    开始运转, 迅速行动
  • spring to mind    突然想到
  • spring water    泉水

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 跳, 躍, 飛快地行動, 彈起, 反彈, 彈開, 突然出現, 湧現
v. tr. - 使彈起, 使彈開, 突然提出, 使彈成某種狀況, 使裂開
n. - 春天, 跳躍, 彈簧
adj. - 春天的

idioms:

  • no spring chicken    不是不經世故的人
  • spring a leak    生漏縫
  • spring fever    春天懶洋洋, 春倦症
  • spring greens    嫩洋白菜
  • spring into action    開始運轉, 迅速行動
  • spring onion    大蔥
  • spring roll    春捲
  • spring tide    滿潮, 高潮
  • spring to life    開始運轉, 迅速行動
  • spring to mind    突然想到
  • spring water    泉水

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 도약하다, 날이 새다, (눈물, 피 따위가) 갑자기 흘러 나오다
v. tr. - (용수철 따위를) 튀게 하다, (자동차 등에) 스프링을 달다, (의견, 새 학설 따위를) 느닷없이 제시하다
n. - 용수철, 근원, 도약
adj. - 봄의, 용수철 장치의, 샘에서 나오는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 春, 青春期, 跳ぶこと, 泉, 源泉, ばね, 張り
v. - 跳ぶ, 跳ねる, 跳び越える, はじく, 跳ね返らせる, 一躍…になる, 突然現れる, 急に浮かぶ, 生ずる, 出である, わき出る, 割れる

idioms:

  • (no) spring chicken    青二才(でない)
  • spring a leak    漏れ口ができる
  • spring fever    春先のものうさ
  • spring greens    新緑
  • spring into action    活気づく
  • spring onion    ネギ
  • spring roll    春巻
  • spring tide    大潮
  • spring to life    活気づく
  • spring to mind    思いつく
  • spring to/roar into life    活気づく
  • spring water    清水

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فصل الربيع, عين, ينبوع, قفزة, وثبه, نابض, زنبرك, نابضيه (فعل) قفز, وثب, تحدر من, طلع, نبع, نشأ, ارتد (صفه) ربيعي, نابضي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קפץ, ניתר, נוצר, נולד, הופיע, נבע, בא, צמח, צץ, נסדק‬
v. tr. - ‮סדק, הביא לפתע, הוציא כסף, שחרר מהכלא‬
n. - ‮קפיצה, ניתור, מעיין, מקור, מוצא, קפיץ, קפיציות, גמישות, אביב‬
adj. - ‮אביבי, קפיצי‬

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