buck up

动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage. idiomatic,intransitive
    — I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on.
  2. To encourage; to hearten. idiomatic,transitive
    — I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well.
  3. To do better. idiomatic,intransitive
    — You better buck up or you'll never make it.
  4. To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete) buck ("a fop, dandy") dated,idiomatic,intransitive
  5. To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck. colloquial,idiomatic,transitive
    — He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise.
  6. To hurry up. obsolete
    — 'Now' said Cameron, 'we must buck up; it's getting late. Now about the child, Boshy: she must come with us, you see.'
  7. To hit or fight (someone). idiomatic,slang,transitive
感叹词 intj.
  1. Cheer up; take courage; take heart. idiomatic
  2. Hurry up; make haste. dated,idiomatic

词形变化

bucks up present,singular,third-person bucking up participle,present bucked up participle,past bucked up past

词汇关系

衍生词
buck up one's ideas buck up to
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