| 单词 | pumped-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspumped-up a. Obtained by or as if by pumping; (chiefly figurative) raised by persistent effort, artificially worked up; showing increased energy or activity, excited or animated. Frequently in pumped-up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > accomplished with much labour busy1448 laboured1566 elaborate1592 pumped1731 labour-intensive1928 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > pumped pumped1731 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > accomplished with much labour > artificially worked up pumped1731 1731 T. Dale tr. N. Regnault Philos. Conversat. I. iii. 29 The pumped Matter issues out impetuously. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 209 Lover-like phrases of pumped up passion. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xii. 217 A basin of fresh pumped water. 1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 148/2 The hollow resonance and pumped-up emotion of what he regards as his serious style. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 6/2 The mob orator, with his sham indignation and pumped-up enthusiasm. 1932 Ess. & Stud. 17 85 There is nothing factitious about him now, nothing pumped-up, like Wilde. 1984 Austral. Micro Computer Mag. Jan. 65/2 [This year] is an election year. The market should mirror a politically pumped-up economy, which will help all stocks. 1990 Sports Illustr. 19 Nov. 41/3 The gentle ballad failed to pacify the pumped-up Longhorns. 2006 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 5 Mar. d1 She is ‘totally pumped’ about preparing for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. < as lemmas |
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