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

• Besides the holly and ivy, pine or spruce trees are set up in people's houses and decorated with tinsel, electric lights, and baubles;
  除了冬青树和常青藤外，松树和云杉也会被人们放置在房子里，在上面装饰上金属条、电灯泡、小玩意等；
• 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。
• 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。
• If you spruce the bodywork up and the interior, you'll have no trouble selling it.
  你如果把车身和车内清扫修饰一番，就不愁卖不出去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• They edit their own profile, post pictures and videos, play music, write blogs, and spruce up their surroundings with things they think are cool.
  他们编辑自己的个人传略，贴上照片和视频，播放音乐，写博客，并用自己认为很酷的东西来装饰背景。
• He went to spruce himself up before dinner.
  用餐前他去打扮了一下。