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

• Spruce up your house for spring.
  为了春天把你房子化妆一下。
• You really must spruce up a bit, albert.
  阿尔培，你可是得把自己搞得整洁一点了。
• 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。
• These rules tell me that I don't have time to shop, to clean, to spruce up our apartment, to deal with food and drink;
  这些规则告诉我我没有时间停下来去打扫，去美化我们的公寓，去处理食物、饮料；
• 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。
• He went to spruce himself up before dinner.
  用餐前他去打扮了一下。
• 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。
• But what do you do if you want to spruce up the appearance of the HTML that is output by the transformation?
  但是如果需要整理转换后输出的HTML的外观该怎么办？
• It has also acquired a team that can help it spruce up its own photo-sharing offerings.
  它也获得了可以帮助改善它自己的照片分享功能的团队。
• 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。