英语词汇spruce的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

spruce. Courtiers in the reign of England’s Henry VIII affected the dress of Prussian noblemen, those hautest of the haut who wore such fashionable attire as broad-brimmed hats with bright feathers, silver chains around their necks, satin cloaks, and red velvet doublets. Anything from Prussia had been called Pruce during the Middle Ages, but by the 16th century an s had some- how been added to the word and courtiers who dressed as ele- gantly as the Prussian nobleman were said to be appareled in spruce fashion. Spruce soon meant a smart, neat, or dapper ap- pearance, as is reflected in the phrase to spruce up. The neat, trim form of the spruce tree may have suggested its name, too, but it more likely derives from the belief that the spruce was first grown in Prussia.

词汇	spruce
词源	spruce. Courtiers in the reign of England’s Henry VIII affected the dress of Prussian noblemen, those hautest of the haut who wore such fashionable attire as broad-brimmed hats with bright feathers, silver chains around their necks, satin cloaks, and red velvet doublets. Anything from Prussia had been called Pruce during the Middle Ages, but by the 16th century an s had some- how been added to the word and courtiers who dressed as ele- gantly as the Prussian nobleman were said to be appareled in spruce fashion. Spruce soon meant a smart, neat, or dapper ap- pearance, as is reflected in the phrase to spruce up. The neat, trim form of the spruce tree may have suggested its name, too, but it more likely derives from the belief that the spruce was first grown in Prussia.
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