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单词 freshen
释义
freshen
verb
uk
/ˈfreʃ.ən/us
/ˈfreʃ.ən/

freshenverb(AIR)

[T]
(alsofreshen up)
to make somethingcleanerand/orcooler:
使洁净，使凉爽
Sheopenedawindowto freshen up theroom.她打开一扇窗户给屋里换换空气。
[I]UK
If awindfreshens, itbecomesstrongerandcooler:
（风）增强变冷
Thewindisexpectedto freshen as itmovesin from theeast.预计在自东向西移动的过程中风力会增强。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cleaning & tidying places & things
  • adjust
  • airing
  • bed
  • clean(someone/something)up
  • cleansomethingout
  • dusting
  • freshen(someone/something)up
  • going-over
  • Hoover
  • hooversomethingup
  • muck
  • re-rack
  • sandblast
  • scald
  • smarten(someone/something)up
  • spiffsomeone/somethingup
  • spit and polishidiom
  • spruce
  • tidy
  • valet
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Wind & winds

freshenverb(DRINK)

[T]mainlyUS
(alsofreshen up)
If you freshen someone'sespeciallyalcoholicdrink, youaddmore to it:
添（尤指酒）
Here,letme freshenyourdrink.来，我给你添点儿酒。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Replacing and exchanging
  • alternate
  • alternatively
  • bargainsomethingaway
  • change over
  • instead
  • instead of
  • lieu
  • make up forsomething
  • name
  • rep
  • represent
  • shoe
  • sing
  • someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • spare
  • step
  • step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
  • step into the breachidiom
  • sub outsomething
  • substitution
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Related word

freshener

Phrasal verbs

freshen(someone/something)up
freshensomethingup
(Definition offreshenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

freshen| American Dictionary

freshen
verb
us
/ˈfreʃ·ən/

freshenverb(MAKE PLEASANT)

[T]
to make something morecleanandpleasant:
Thesemintsaresupposedto freshenyourbreath.

freshenverb(MAKE COOL)

[I/T]
to make theaircleanerorcooler:
[T]Sheopenedawindowto freshen theroom.
[I]Thewindfreshened(=becamestrongerandcooler)anddraggedmyhairacrossmyeyes.

freshenverb(ADD MORE)

[T]
toaddmore to someone'salcoholicdrink:
Can I freshenyourdrink?

Phrasal verb

freshen up
(Definition offreshenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffreshen

freshen
In summary, this is a refreshing new mineral textbook and is a wonderful resource tofreshenup an undergraduate course.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We can only go forward, with lifted eyes and freshened spirit, to follow the vision.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Participants were also allowed a break tofreshenup between tasks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Whatever the combination of instruments or voices one writes for, it is surely one of the composer's functions tofreshenand surprise the ear, and avoid becoming predictable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But the currents of thinking and writing about autobiography might be freshened if we were to own up to both, and to pursue them, explicitly, together.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It must be urgent priority to build new public and private houses tofreshen-up and modernise the existing stock.
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I think he ought to have had a change, because that wouldfreshenhim up and would give him a new interest in life.
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I welcome the fact that, since then, the council's activities have been freshened up and greatly improved.
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Can we not brighten, can we notfreshenup all this?
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Apparently he wants a little whitewash and a little green paint applied tofreshenup these filthy and pestiferous slums.
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Inside, upholstery and bright work was also freshened and the cars received a new dashboard layout faced with a machined-look stainless steel facing.
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The goal of this renewal was to shake off the old, expensive image, as well as tofreshenup the stores and private label products.
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The front fascia was freshened in the 2005 model year.
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He then goes to the bathroom tofreshenup.
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These stormsfreshenthe surface water, and their winds increase cyclonic flow, which allows denser waters to sink.
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