pep
英 [pep]
美[p?p]
- n. 活力；銳氣，勁頭
- vt. 激勵；使充滿活力，使精力充沛
- n. (Pep)人名；(英)佩普
低頻詞擴展詞匯
中文詞源
pep 激勵，使活躍，精力，熱情
縮寫自pepper,辣椒。引申詞義活力，精力，熱情等。
英文詞源
- pep (n.)
- "vigor, energy," 1912, shortened form of pepper (n.), which was used in the figurative sense of "spirit, energy" from at least 1847. Pep rally is attested from 1945; pep talk from 1926. To pep (something) up is from 1925.
雙語例句
- 1. Powell spent the day giving pep talks to the troops.
- 鮑威爾花了1天時間為部隊作動員講話。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday.
- 民主黨昨天在國會山召開了競選誓師大會。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. I gave him an extra dose of glucose to pep him up.
- 我給他多注射了一劑葡萄糖以增強他的活力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. At this point nothing can pep him up.
- 現(xiàn)在什么也不能使他振奮起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He's full of pep in the morning.
- 他早上精力充沛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》