gussy 英 [ˈgʌsi]   美 [ˈɡʌsi]

gussy

gussy  英 [ˈgʌsi] 美 [ˈɡʌsi]

vt. 装饰;粉饰  n. 装饰;粉饰 

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。

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  • vt. 装饰;粉饰
  • n. 装饰;粉饰
  • 1. 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。

  • 2. 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。

  • 3. 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。

  • gussy (v.) "to dress up or decorate in a showy way," 1952, American English slang, apparently from Gussy (adj.), schoolyard slang for "overly dressed" (1940); perhaps related to gussie "effeminate man" (1901) and somehow connected to the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.
gussy / ˈɡʌsi ; NAmE ˈɡʌsi / verb ( gus·sies , gussy·ing , gus·sied , gus·sied ) PHRASAL VERB ˌgussy ˈup ( NAmE) ( informal) to dress yourself in an attractive way 把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮(或花枝招展) SYN dress up Even the stars get tired of gussying up for the awards. 连明星们也厌烦了把自己打扮起来去领奖。 gussy gussies gussied gussying gussy / ˈɡʌsi ; NAmE ˈɡʌsi /
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