freshen
v. (使)显得新鲜, (使)精神饱满, (使)减少咸味
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To become fresh.
To be refreshed.
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To become fresh.
To become cool.
不及物1793, uncredited translator, The Natural History of Birds by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 4, “The Titiri, or Pipiri,” p. 468, They breed, says M. Deshayes, in the heats of autumn, and during the freshening air of winter, at St. Domingo …
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To become fresh.
To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)
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To become stronger.
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To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
不及物 及物For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna.
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To make fresh.
To refresh; to revive; to renew.
及物1657, John Davies (translator), Astrea by Honoré d'Urfé, London: H. Moseley et al., Volume 2, Part 3, Book 1, pp. 122-123, … the good Druid went to seeke out some hearbs by the bank sides, which he knew were good to be applyed unto my wounds, and which would a little freshen and invigorate my spirits;
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To make fresh.
To make cool.
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To make fresh.
To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
及物1915, Edward Sorenson, On the Wallaby, Sydney: The Catholic Press, Chapter 11, [The animals] were not valuable enough to be worth the trouble of saving until rain came to fill the holes and freshen the pastures.
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To make fresh.
To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
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To make fresh.
To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
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To make fresh.
To touch up the paint on (something).
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To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
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To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
及物to freshen water, fish, or flesh
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To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
及物 航海 交通to freshen a hawse
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To top up (a drink).
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To top up (primer) in a firearm.
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词源
From fresh + -en.
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