titivate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/|/ˈtɪt.ə.veɪt/    美 /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/|/ˈtɪt.ə.veɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up. transitive
    — Had she spent the best part of a day in titivating herself in order that she might sit plunged in darkness, with nothing but her feet and her nose revealed?

词形变化

titivates present,singular,third-person titivating participle,present titivated participle,past titivated past tidivate alternative tiddivate alternative tittivate alternative

词源

A modification of the earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words such as cultivate and renovate.
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