| 单词 | prettying-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprettying-up The action or fact of making something pretty; an instance of this; a decoration, an embellishment. Now frequently prettying-up. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > improving appearance > making pretty prettying1892 prettification1909 1892 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 4 Nov. 4/4 (advt.) There isn't a handsomer, dressier overgarment to be had than one with Fur prettyings. 1940 Nebraska State Jrnl. 29 Dec. d7/6 All this effort, all this prettying up and unusual to-do are not purely altruistic. 1950 D. D. Paige in Lett. E. Pound p. xxv The general aim has been to present a volume that can be read consecutively with as little eye fatigue as possible. The editor alone is responsible for these prettyings up. 2004 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 Aug. (gardening section) 20 There's many an exterior decorator who uses plastic flowers for prompt prettyings. < as lemmas |
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