| 单词 | beef-up |
| 释义 | beef-up[ beef-uhp ] / ˈbifˌʌp / nounan act or instance of strengthening or reinforcing. Origin of beef-upnoun use of verb phrase beef up Words nearby beef-upbeefsteak plant, beefsteak tomato, beef stroganoff, beef tea, beef tomato, beef-up, beef Wellington, beefwood, beefy, bee glue, bee gum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with beef-upbeef up Strengthen, reinforce, as in Mary wants us to beef up her part in the play. This phrase relies on an older slang sense of beef as “muscles” or “power.” [Colloquial; late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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