pick-me-up
英 [ˈpɪk miː ʌp]
美 [ˈpɪk miː ʌp]
n. 提神物品，兴奋剂(尤指药物或酒精饮料)
牛津词典
noun
- 提神物品，兴奋剂（尤指药物或酒精饮料）
something that makes you feel better, happier, healthier, etc., especially medicine or an alcoholic drink- This deal would offer the best possible pick-me-up to the town's ailing economy.
这笔交易对该镇每况愈下的经济是一服最好的强心剂。
- This deal would offer the best possible pick-me-up to the town's ailing economy.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 提神的东西；使人兴奋的东西
Apick-me-upis something that you have or do when you are tired or depressed in order to make you feel better.- When you crave a pick-me-up, don't reach for chocolate or coffee — try peppermint oil instead...
如果想提神，不要吃巧克力或者喝咖啡，试试薄荷油。 - This is an ideal New Year pick-me-up — a five day holiday in the Bahamas.
这是一服理想的新年强心剂——巴哈马5日游。
- When you crave a pick-me-up, don't reach for chocolate or coffee — try peppermint oil instead...
英英释义
noun
- a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)
- anything with restorative powers
- she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her
双语例句
- There's also always a perfume sample in her purse'for a little pick-me-up. '
她还会在手包里放上一个香水小样，让自己心情好起来。 - Pick-me-up: I usually have a coffee at home and one at work, but I also like the Vietnamese coffee from Pho Bang.
提神饮料：我通常在家喝一杯咖啡，到办公室再喝一杯，但是我也喜欢PhoBang餐馆的越南咖啡。 - He explained: 'Whenever I need a pick-me-up, I find a quiet corner and perform some form of body-weight exercise that jolts my heart up to at last 70 percent of the maximal beats per minute ( for me, that's about 170).
他说：当我需要提神了，我会去找一个安静的角落来做一些负重锻炼，来使我的心跳达到最快速度的70%（对我来说大约是每分钟170次）。 - Seeing his girlfriend unexpectedly was a great pick-me-up.
和女友不期而遇令他精神抖擞。 - These herbs attract customers, such as over-worked office staff, in need of a modest pick-me-up.
这些中药吸引了需要适度提神的顾客，如加班时间过长的上班族等。 - He said: 'Buying the dessert was a real boost for my morale. I was dumped earlier this year and felt this could be a decent pick-me-up.
买这块甜点真的可以鼓舞我的士气，今年年初我被甩了，我觉得这个真的是很好的提神的东西。 - How about a little pick-me-up?
来点提神的，怎么样？ - Mr Cameron was visiting Plymouth for Armed Forces Day when he stopped at The Sandwich Box Plus in search of a pick-me-up.
那天，卡梅伦正要前往普利茅斯出席军人节庆祝大会，他把车停在TheSandwichBoxPlus店外，想进去买杯咖啡提提神。 - This visit should be a nice pick-me-up for her. I'm sure she'll like the flowers you bought her.
这次拜访一定会让她开心起来，我想她一定很喜欢你给她买的花。 - The results suggest that coffee's pick-me-up powers may be at least partly due to consumers anticipating a caffeine "hit".
由此说明，咖啡的提神功效或许，至少部分，是因为饮用者对其提神功效的心理预期所导致。