spruce-upn.

Brit.

/ˈspruːsʌp/, U.S.

/ˈsprusəp/

Etymology: < to spruce up (see spruce v.¹ 1).

colloquial (originally U.S.).

An act of sprucing up; an instance of refurbishment or renovation; a clean-up or tidy-up. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > an act of cleaning

cleanse1760

toilet1862

clean-up1876

cleana1889

spruce-up1918

1918 W. McFee Aliens (rev. ed.) ix. 233 My brother was telling me to go and have a spruce-up in his dressing room.

1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 50 I must have my shoes soled and heeled and shined... A general spruce-up.

1986 N.Z. Listener 15 Feb. 31/2 Sports, too, could do with a bit of a spruce-up.

2017 Time Out (Nexis) 19 Dec. 66 Okay, the interior needs a bit of a spruce-up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spruce-up
释义	spruce-upn. Brit. /ˈspruːsʌp/, U.S. /ˈsprusəp/ Etymology: < to spruce up (see spruce v.¹ 1). colloquial (originally U.S.). An act of sprucing up; an instance of refurbishment or renovation; a clean-up or tidy-up. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] > an act of cleaning cleanse1760 toilet1862 clean-up1876 cleana1889 spruce-up1918 1918 W. McFee Aliens (rev. ed.) ix. 233 My brother was telling me to go and have a spruce-up in his dressing room. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 50 I must have my shoes soled and heeled and shined... A general spruce-up. 1986 N.Z. Listener 15 Feb. 31/2 Sports, too, could do with a bit of a spruce-up. 2017 Time Out (Nexis) 19 Dec. 66 Okay, the interior needs a bit of a spruce-up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918
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