soup up

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To modify the engine of (a motor vehicle) to give a higher performance than the specifications. informal,transitive
    — Imagine souping up a Mini with a Cosworth engine: the car would fly.
  2. To embellish with many additions. broadly,figuratively,transitive
    — They are dickering over a tax cut small enough, in a bill "souped" up with gadgets, to escape or override a veto.

词形变化

soups up present,singular,third-person souping up participle,present souped up participle,past souped up past soup-up alternative supe up alternative

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