shore up

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ʃɔːˈɹ‿ʌp/    美 /ʃɔˈɹ‿ʌp/|/ʃoːˈɹ‿ɐp/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure). figuratively,often,transitive
    — They hastened outside between storms to shore up the damaged fence.

词形变化

shores up present,singular,third-person shoring up participle,present shored up participle,past shored up past

词源

From shore (“to provide with support”) + up. Shore is derived from Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); while shore (noun) is from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.
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