释义 |
prettifypret‧ti‧fy /ˈprɪtɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle prettified, present participle prettifying) [transitive] VERB TABLEprettify |
Present | I, you, we, they | prettify | | he, she, it | prettifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | prettified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have prettified | | he, she, it | has prettified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had prettified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will prettify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have prettified |
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Present | I | am prettifying | | he, she, it | is prettifying | | you, we, they | are prettifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was prettifying | | you, we, they | were prettifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been prettifying | | he, she, it | has been prettifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been prettifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be prettifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been prettifying |
- Her ball gown was an old grey dress which she had prettified with some lengths of Brussels lace.
- If I were a liar, I should prettify the past of your wife, but I am not.
- Instead, the effect is to prettify the whole thing, something for which designer William Dudley needs no second invitation.
to change something with the intention of making it more attractive, but often with the effect of spoiling it: attempts to prettify the harbour |