单词 | to groom up |
释义 | > as lemmasto groom up a. transferred. To tend or attend to carefully; to give a neat, tidy, or ‘smart’ appearance to. Also absol. in to groom up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)] > and tidy tosh1826 groom1843 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. ii. 26 Here was to clean and groom up agin' till all was in its right shape. 1859 Sat. Rev. 7 363/2 The very chair you sit on has to be groomed. 1861 Our Eng. Home 86 He had to repair his own buskins, mend the tables, and groom my lady's chamber. 1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 100 Sometimes a few under-clouds will be combed and groomed by the winds..as if for a race. < as lemmas |
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