| 单词 | strike up |
| 释义 | strike up1. phrasal verb When you strike up a conversation or friendship with someone, you begin one. [written] I trailed her into Penney's and struck up a conversation. [VERB PARTICLE noun] James struck up a friendship with a small boy who owned a pony on the island. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for strikeWhen musicians strike up a piece of music, or when music strikes up, the music begins. And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Music struck up in one of the big old buildings along the seafront. [VERB PARTICLE] The band struck up, and riders paraded round the ring. [VERB PARTICLE] strike up in British Englishverb (adverb) 1. (of a band, orchestra, etc) to begin to play or sing 2. (transitive) to bring about; cause to begin to strike up a friendship 3. (transitive) to emboss (patterns, etc) on (metal) strike up in American English1. to begin or cause to begin playing, singing, sounding, etc. 2. to begin (a friendship, conversation, etc.) 3. to emboss (metal, decorative figures, etc.) Examples of 'strike up' in a sentence |
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