freshen up

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractive. intransitive,reflexive
    — Women spend longer than men at freshening up before going out.
  2. To freshen, make fresh, revivify, make new. transitive
    — After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days.

词形变化

freshens up present,singular,third-person freshening up participle,present freshened up participle,past freshened up past

词源

From freshen + up. Compare Saterland Frisian apfriskje (“to refresh, freshen up”), West Frisian opfrisje (“to refresh, freshen up”), Dutch opfrissen (“to refresh, freshen up”), German auffrischen (“to refresh, freshen up”).
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