FluentPlex

sprung

/spɹʌŋ/ adjetivo B2

En español: con resorte

  1. Fitted or cushioned with springs. · Near-synonym: spring-loaded· a sprung mattress
  2. Worn out such that the springiness has dissipated. · My old money clip was sprung, so I replaced it.
  3. Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest; originally and literally, having a penile erection. (slang)
  4. drunk. (dated, slang)
+ Guardar para repasar

De la biblioteca

The Lone Wolf must have sprung and missed his hold, for Mowgli heard the snap of his teeth and then a yelp as the Sambhur knocked him over with his forefoot.
The Jungle Book, p. 20 · B2
His father ran out with a stick, but by the time he came up, Karait had lunged out once too far, and Rikki-tikki had sprung, jumped on the snake’s back, dropped his head far between his forelegs, bitten as high up the back as he could get hold, and rolled away.
The Jungle Book, p. 71 · B2
Anne evidently got through her visit without any serious breach of “etiquette,” for she came home through the twilight, under a great, high-sprung sky gloried over with trails of saffron and rosy cloud, in a beatified state of mind and told Marilla all about it happily, sitting on the big red-sandstone slab at the kitchen door with her tired curly head in Marilla’s gingham lap.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 170 · C1
But Gilbert had also sprung from the boat and now laid a detaining hand on her arm.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 226 · C1

Aprende sprung en textos reales

Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.

Crear cuenta gratuita
Palabras, significados, pronunciaciones y traducciones de Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); la frecuencia de cada palabra, de wordfreq. Convertido en este diccionario por FluentPlex.