gussy up
基本解释
- 美化;打扮
英汉例句
- 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,而我是出了名的会用厨房的海绵来打理工作时穿的裤子。 - But gussy it up a bit, change the name, make it appear more expensive, and maybe it will work better, he said.
但是包装一下,换个名字,使药看起来更昂贵,也许功效就会更好,他如是说到。 - 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.
只要买普通的燕麦然后你自己把它们装扮起来:加点水果作为早餐,或者把你的肉糜卷或肉丸菜谱中得面包糠换成燕麦。 - 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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权威例句
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.