titivate
英 ['tɪtɪveɪt]
美['tɪtɪvet]
- vi. 化妆；装饰；打扮自己
- vt. 化妆；打扮；装饰
英英释义
- 1. make neat, smart, or trim;
- "Spruce up your house for Spring"
- "titivate the child"
实用场景例句
- She titivated her hair in the mirror.
- 她对着镜子梳理头发。
牛津词典
- She spent an hour titivating ( herself ) before going out.
- 她打扮了一个小时才出门儿.
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中文词源
titivate 打扮，装扮
改写自早期拼写 tidivate,打扮，可能来自 tidy,整齐的，-vate,使，模仿 cultivate,培养，或 renovate, 翻修，改造。
英文词源
- titivate
- titivate: see tidy
- titivate (v.)
- 1805, perhaps from tidy, "with a quasi-Latin ending" [OED] as in cultivate.
词态变化
第三人称单数: titivates;过去式: titivated;过去分词: titivated;现在分词: titivating;