| 词汇 | titivating |
| 释义 | titivating present participle oftitivate 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 embellish embellishment festoon flock foliated garland ornamentation ornate over-glamorize overdecorate overdecoration unembellished window dressing yarn bombing zhuzh Examples of titivatingtitivating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 Some cases will require a little titivating and others a little chiselling, but in others they require a mallet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No titivating of our existing institutions will suffice. 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 The position has gone beyond the need merely to do a litle titivating. 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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