spruce up

英 [spruːs ʌp]

美 [spruːs ʌp]

装扮; 打扮

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 装扮;打扮
  If somethingis spruced up, its appearance is improved. If someoneis spruced up, they have made themselves look very smart.
  1. Many buildings have been spruced up...
     很多大楼都被装扮一新。
  2. In the evening we spruced ourselves up a bit and went out for dinner.
     到了晚上，我们稍微收拾打扮了一番，然后出去吃晚餐。

英英释义

verb

• dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
  1. He spruced up for the party
  Synonym:spruceslick upsmarten up
• make neat, smart, or trim
  1. Spruce up your house for Spring
  2. titivate the child
  Synonym:sprucetitivatetittivatesmarten upslick upspiff up

双语例句

• Alpine women take pride in their embroidery. You really must spruce up a bit, Albert.
  阿尔卑斯山的妇女以其刺绣为傲。阿尔培，你可是得把自己搞得整洁一点了。
• This change took place in part because doctors wanted to spruce up their dubious reputation.
  这种改变部分是因为医生想要竭力净化自己不很好的声誉。
• You can now spruce up your handset with number of third party applications.
  现在，您可以美化你的第三方应用软件的手机号码。
• And while it may be easy to get carried away with edible gardening, don't forget to plant a few flowers to spruce up the look of your garden and also attract bees to help pollinate your food crops.
  而在一段时间里管理一个菜园子可能并不难，但可别忘了种上一些花草打扮打扮你的菜园，这样同时也能引来蜜蜂帮助你的作物传播花粉。
• Spruce up your house for spring.
  为了春天把你房子化妆一下。
• Some even scoff at the store ´ s efforts to spruce up its image.
  有人甚至把沃尔玛改善公司形象的努力也拿来大加嘲讽。
• Unlike the oil powers of the Middle East, most African nations can ill afford to spruce up their arsenals.
  大多数非洲国家和中东的石油国不一样，它们实在负担不起更新军备的费用。
• Spruce yourself up a fit-you look a mess.
  把你自己打扮得整洁漂亮一点，你的样子很邋遢。
• You can paint your rooms or do maintenance now, however, for Mercury, when retrograde, likes you to go back and spruce things up that are already in place.
  你可以画你的房间或做保养，但现在对于水星，逆行的时候，喜欢你回去云杉东西是已经到位。
• The year after its eruption in 1980, spruce seedlings were coming up in the volcanic ash on Mt. St. Helens.
  1980年圣海伦火山爆发之后，仅过一年，云杉幼苗就在火山灰上生长起来了。