freshen up

freshen up — phrasal verb

  • freshen upbase form
  • freshens up3rd person singular
  • freshening up-ing form
  • freshened uppast simple

1. to wash your face and hands, or put on clean clothes, to feel fresh again after

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釋義

to wash your face and hands, or put on clean clothes, to feel fresh again after a trip or work

例句

After a long train ride, Minh freshened up in the station bathroom before his interview.

common pattern: freshen up + prepositional phrase (place)

Rafael quickly freshened up after his morning run, then joined the family for breakfast.

同義詞
  • wash up

    more common in British English; can mean just washing hands and face

  • freshen oneself up

    the full reflexive form, slightly more formal

文法句型

freshen up

freshen up + in/after/before (place/reason)

用法筆記

Intransitive only for this sense. To specify a reflexive object, use 'freshen yourself up' rather than 'freshen up yourself'.

常見錯誤

I need to freshen up my clothes.
I need to freshen up and change my clothes.
💡'freshen up' on its own means to clean yourself, not to clean objects.