prettify
v.修饰
难易程度:
prettify为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:prettified 过去分词:prettified 现在分词:prettifying 第三人称单数:prettifies 名词:prettification
prettify
/'prɪtɪfaɪ; `prɪtɪ,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) [Tn] (usu derog 通常作贬义) make (sth) pretty in a superficial way 为(某物)装门面; 粉饰, 点缀(某物)
*The old farm workers' cottages are being prettified as holiday homes. 这些农场工人的旧房屋都装饰成了度假别墅. Cf 参看 beautify.
prettify
v past tense and past participleprettifiedpresent participleprettifyingthird person singularprettifies [T]
to change something with the intention of making it more attractive, but often with the effect of spoiling it
attempts to prettify the harbour