freshen up

• 动词短语，指让自己变得干净、整洁或精神焕发，常通过洗脸、换衣服等方式。也可指使某物更新或更有生气。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making oneself cleaner, neater, or more refreshed, often by washing or changing clothes.

不可数 · 不及物 · 短语动词，不带宾语

1. Make oneself clean or tidyinformal

   To wash, change clothes, or make oneself feel cleaner and more refreshed.

   梳洗打扮

   • I need to freshen up before the guests arrive.
   • She went to the bathroom to freshen up after the long flight.
   • He freshened up quickly and joined the meeting.

   同义词clean upgroomspruce uptidy upwash up

2. Renew or revitalizeinformal

   To make something look newer, cleaner, or more pleasant.

   焕然一新

   • A coat of paint will freshen up the old kitchen.
   • We need to freshen up the living room with new curtains.
   • The rain freshened up the garden after the dry spell.

   同义词refreshrejuvenaterenewrenovaterevamprevitalizesmarten upspruce up

   反义词degradedirtysoilspoiltarnishwear

基本动词freshen