| 单词 | doll up |
| 释义 | doll up (once / 137434 pages) v To doll up is to dress up or make someone look fancy, beautiful, or elegant. If you doll up your friend for the prom, you might curl her hair and do her makeup. You can doll up yourself by primping before a special event — dressing carefully, applying lipstick, styling your hair, or wearing jewelry. Children sometimes doll up their stuffed animals by putting them in doll clothes, and you can also doll up a room by decorating it with wallpaper, pillows, slipcovers, and accessories. When you doll someone up, you dress them almost as if they were an actual doll. WORD FAMILYdoll up: dolls up USAGE EXAMPLESGibson’s sons are always telling her not to doll up the place too much; they like it just as it is. Washington Post(Oct 18, 2016) I held the crude doll up for the class to inspect. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) There is no attempt in ‘Black Metropolis’ to understate, to gloss over, to doll up or to make harsh facts pleasant for the tender-minded.’’ New York Times(Jan 12, 2016) v use special care in dressing, making-up, etc. Syn|Hyper do up, glam up, pretty up groom, neaten care for one's external appearance |
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