titivate

v. 打扮, 装饰, 化妆

发音

UK /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/
其它
US /ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/
UK /ˈtɪt.ə.veɪt/
US /ˈtɪt.ə.veɪt/

词形变化

titivated titivates 三单 titivates titivating titivating 现在分词 titivated 过去式 titivated 过去分词

别名

titavate tidivate tiddivate tittivate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

spruce slick up smarten up spiff up spruce up tittivate

上位词 4

embellish beautify fancify prettify

词源

A modification of the earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words such as cultivate and renovate.

来源：wiktionary