| 单词 | souping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsouping ˈsouping adj. ΚΠ 1891 Daily News 20 Jan. 6/4 The hypocritical cry raised by a gang of souping parsons. 1902 Edinb. Rev. July 135 Luke found himself accused of countenancing the ‘souping’ proselytiser. ˈsouping ˈsouping n. (also 'souping-up) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > modifying to increase power or efficiency brewing-up1953 souping1960 tune1971 1960 News Chron. 16 June 4/6 Without any souping at all, the Mini-Minor..produces a very useful performance. 1961 Times 7 Nov. 19/1 In Britain a thriving business has grown up in tuning and modifying the engines of existing models to give more performance. So widespread has this practice (referred to by enthusiasts as ‘brewing up’, ‘souping up’, or merely ‘hotting up’) become, particularly with ‘Minis’ that the B.M.C. introduced an ‘officially hotted up’ version last September. < as lemmas |
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