| 词汇 | titivate |
| 释义 | titivate verb[ I or T ] UKinformaluk /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/ us /ˈtɪt̬.ə.veɪt/ to improve the small details of someone's appearance by arranging their hair, putting on make-up, etc.打扮;修饰 Decorating or making something attractive accessorize adorn adornment beautification beautify edged embellishment festoon flock foliated non-utilitarian ornament ornamentation ornate over-glamorize twiddly undecorated unembellished window dressing yarn bombing Examples of titivatetitivate These clauses would seriously hinder such success, because it is in the garden that the dinghy sailor looks after his boat and titivates it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He finds greater satisfaction in titivating up some old hospitals rather than in seeing the new shining structures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the long run, it would be a waste of money to try to titivate the present road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should like factories to be titivated, brought up to date, and re-modelled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is strong competition to supply what it is thought people want and to titivate them and attract their attention by various means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To come here today and suggest that by titivating round through publicity campaigns, that by added recruitment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People have unsuspectingly been eating meat that they thought was of the best, only to find that it was titivated to be the more readily sold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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