prink

v. 化妆, 打扮

词形变化

prinks 复数 prinks 三单 prinking 现在分词 prinked 过去式 prinked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing oneself up.

v.
  1. 1.

    to give a wink; to wink.

    方言 废旧
  2. 1.

    To look, gaze.

  3. 2.

    To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.

  4. 3.

    To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.

  5. 1.

    To pre-drink.

    英国 幽默

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

attire dress up deck out deck up fancy up fig out get up gussy up overdress rig out

上位词 2

dress get dressed

下位词 9

dress prank plume bedizen dizen enrobe preen primp tart up

近义相关 3

dress costume dress up

相关短语

prink up 打扮得漂亮

词源

Perhaps alteration (due to primp) of prank (“to deck, adorn”), from Middle English pranken (“to trim”), or from Middle Dutch prinken (“to deck for show, parade in fine apparel”) (from pronk (“show, display”) or from Middle Low German prunken (from prank (“display”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch pronken (“to flaunt”), German Prunk (“a show, parade, splendour”), Danish and Swedish prunk.

来源：wiktionary