spick-and-span
英 ['spikən'spæn]
美
- adj. 极干净的；崭新的
- adv. 一尘不染地；极整齐地
英文词源
- spick-and-span (adj.)
- also spic-and-span, 1660s, from spick-and-span-new (1570s), literally "new as a recently made spike and chip of wood," from spick "nail" (see spike (n.1)) + span-new "very new" (c. 1300), from Old Norse span-nyr, from spann "chip" (see spoon (n.)) + nyr "new." Imitation of Dutch spiksplinter nieuw "spike-splinter new."