buff up

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To improve. idiomatic,transitive
    — […] Mr. Kurz was quickly seen in Europe as the poster boy of an ascendant right for a new generation, a political Wunderkind who had salvaged conservatism by borrowing the far right’s agenda, buffing it up and bringing it into the mainstream.
  2. To shine; to make shiny. transitive
  3. To become more muscular. idiomatic,intransitive
  4. To study hard to learn a particular subject. idiomatic,intransitive
    — I'll need to buff up on my Italian before my trip to Genoa.

词形变化

buffs up present,singular,third-person buffing up participle,present buffed up participle,past buffed up past
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