gussy up
基本解釋
- 美化;打扮
英漢例句
- She is well turned out, while I have been known to use a kitchen sponge to gussy up my pants for work.
她穿的很漂亮,而我是出了名的會(huì)用廚房的海綿來(lái)打理工作時(shí)穿的褲子。 - But gussy it up a bit, change the name, make it appear more expensive, and maybe it will work better, he said.
但是包裝一下,換個(gè)名字,使藥看起來(lái)更昂貴,也許功效就會(huì)更好,他如是說(shuō)到。 - Buy plain oatmeal and gussy it up yourself for breakfast with fruit or simply sub in oats instead of breadcrumbs in your favorite meatloaf or meatball recipe.
只要買普通的燕麥然后你自己把它們裝扮起來(lái):加點(diǎn)水果作為早餐,或者把你的肉糜卷或肉丸菜譜中得面包糠換成燕麥。 - He could gussy up the utility for sale, or he could pursue some of the outlandish strategies then in style, such as buying developing-country power plants or investing in unrelated businesses.
FORBES: Trading places - He could gussy up the utility for sale, or he could pursue some of the outlandish strategies then coming into style, like buying developing-country power plants or investing in unrelated businesses.
FORBES: Trading Places - Though he didn't gussy up his music, he knew how to keep people engrossed all the same: A master of stride and boogie and bebop, he'd string his listeners along just by dancing around the theme, and then at just the right moment, he'd lower the boom, delivering a line so dazzlingly improbable that the common response was a gasp.
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雙語(yǔ)例句
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英英字典
- If someone is gussied up, they are dressed in a fancy or very fashionable way. If something is gussied up, it is made more interesting or attractive.