| 单词 | to pretty up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pretty up 1. intransitive. to pretty up: to make or dress oneself up to look attractive; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1863 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 10 Aug. He could see them smoothing their hair, putting on little articles of finery, and otherwise ‘prettying up’ before their bits of looking glass. 1877 Decatur (Illinois) Republican 16 Aug. 3/3 Certainly, a man may be an accomplished diplomatist, and yet not be able to ‘pretty up worth a cent’. 1913 Indianapolis Sunday Star 26 Oct. 40/1 Meanwhile, even the President himself is prettying up for the grand event. 1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer viii. 72 The nurse..thought her patient should have waked up to tears and moans, and here she was... Prettying up for company! 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. (Suppl.) 1/3 I had spent an hour and a half readying myself and prettying up. 1992 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 6 Sept. b3/6 London hasn't wasted paint in prettying up. < as lemmas |
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