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
- 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）。 - Bob stopped at a drugstore for a pick-me-up after working three hours overtime.
鲍勃加班3小时后，在杂货店喝了点兴奋饮料。 - I had a little pick-me-up in my thermos.
我的保温瓶里有点提神的酒。 - She took a pill as a pick-me-up but it put her to sleep instead.
她服了一片药当作提神剂，但却使她睡着了。 - Many of us rely on a cup of coffee to kick-start the day, but a study shows that the early morning pick-me-up could be all in the mind, The Daily Telegraph of London reported.
据英国《每日电讯报》报道，很多人的一天都从清晨的一杯提神醒脑咖啡开始，但最新研究表明，咖啡的提神功效或许只是心理作用。 - Anytime you need a pick-me-up, simply open your happier app and enjoy all of the happy moments posted by your friends.
任何时候需要高兴起来的时候，只要打开更快乐应用程序就可以享受朋友们上传的所有快乐时刻。 - Treating yourself to ice cream is a good pick-me-up.
善待你自己，给自己买个冰淇淋吃，这是使你精神振作的好办法。 - I'm tired and need a pick-me-up.
我有些累，需要点让自己清醒的东西。 - In an effort to boost orange juice sales in predominantly continental breakfast eating England, a campaign was devised to extol the drink's eye-opening, pick-me-up qualities.
英格兰极流行欧洲大陆式早餐，在那里橙汁的销售，便设计了一项旨在宣传饮料的醒目提神之特点的活动。 - 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。