perk
perk 英 [pɜ:k] 美 [pɜrk]
v. 使振作 n. 小费；额外收入
进行时:perking 过去式:perked 过去分词:perked 第三人称单数:perks 名词复数:perks
- A perk is something extra you get, in addition to a salary, in exchange for working. The major perk of your job at an ice cream shop might be all the hot fudge sundaes you can eat.
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- v. 使振作
- n. 小费；额外收入
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1. A cup of coffee will soon perk you up.
你喝一杯咖啡马上精神会振作起来。
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2. Not having to get up early is just one of the perks of being retired.
不必早起只是退休生活的好处之一。
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3. He soon perked up when his friends arrived.
朋友一来他就精神起来了。
- perk (n.) 1869, shortened colloquial form of perquisite (q.v.), also perq. As a verb, 1934 as shortened and altered form of percolate, also perc.
- perk (v.) late 14c., "to make oneself trim or smart," perhaps from Old North French perquer "to perch" (Modern French percher; see perch (n.1)), on notion of a bird preening its plumage. Sense of "raise oneself briskly" is first attested 1520s; perk up "recover liveliness" is from 1650s. Related: Perked; perking.
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