do up

英 [duː ʌp]

美 [duː ʌp]

扣好; 系好; 捆好; 扎好; 装修; 修缮; 重新装饰; （常指以可笑或夸张的方式）装饰，打扮

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 扣好;系好;捆好;扎好
  If youdosomethingup, you fasten it.
  1. Mari did up the buttons...
     玛丽系好扣子。
  2. Keep your scarf on, do your coat up.
     围好围巾，扣好衣服。
• PHRASAL VERB 装修;修缮;重新装饰
  If youdo upan old building, you decorate and repair it so that it is in a better condition.
  1. Nicholas has bought a barn in Provence and is spending August doing it up.
     尼古拉斯在普罗旺斯买了一座条件简陋的大房子，8月份正在装修。
• PHRASAL VERB （常指以可笑或夸张的方式）装饰，打扮
  If you say that a person or roomis done upin a particular way, you mean they are dressed or decorated in that way, often a way that is rather ridiculous or extreme.
  1. ...Beatrice, usually done up like the fairy on the Christmas tree...
     比阿特丽斯通常打扮得像圣诞树上的精灵一样。
  2. She's had her blond hair done up exactly like Jackie's.
     她把她的金发盘得和杰姬一模一样。

英英释义

verb

• use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.
  1. She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends
  Synonym:doll uppretty upglam up
• wrap for decorative purposes
  1. The gift was done up in pretty red paper

双语例句

• But when they do show up again, I can just send them back here, back to this rooftop of memory, back to the care of those two cool blue souls who already and always understand everything.
  若再度出现，我可以遣送它们回此处，回到记忆的屋顶，回到已经无所不知也将永远无所不知的这两个冷静的蓝色灵魂。
• Cosmetics do not cover up the deficiencies of nature.
  化妆品并不能掩盖先天缺陷。
• If you are writing a short love letter, then do pick up a pen and paper.
  如果你在写一个短情书，请用笔和纸。
• When you can love, do not give up the love.
  当你能爱的时候不要放弃爱。
• "If you do follow up by phone, don't leave a voice mail," Opton says." Early in the morning or after five you're more likely to reach a real person. "
  Opton说：“如果你是打电话过去的话，切记不要留语音信息，早晨早一点或下午五点之后你很有可能可以和本人联系上。”
• She's had her blond hair done up exactly like Jackie's.
  她把她的金发盘得和杰姬一模一样。
• Please help me do up my zip at the back.
  请帮我把后背的拉链拉上。
• How do you match up these opposing pieces of information from two different government departments?
  从两个不同的政府部门所得到的这些情报资料是矛盾的，你怎么能使它们一致起来？
• All that she would have to do was warm up the pudding
  她所需要做的就是把布丁加热。
• If that time is already expected, use that same amount of time, just don't do it up front.
  如果已经预料到这个时间，那么就使用同样多的时间，只是不要提前于这个时间。