freshen up

freshen up — 片語動詞

  • 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

1.片語動詞不及物B1
釋義

梳洗；盥洗

簡單清洗恢復清爽

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.

長途火車旅程後，Minh 在車站洗手間梳洗一番，準備參加面試。

common pattern: freshen up + prepositional phrase (place)

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

Rafael 晨跑後快速梳洗了一番，然後與家人一起吃早餐。

常見搭配
  • freshen up after a workout
  • freshen up before dinner
  • freshen up in the bathroom
  • need to freshen up
  • go freshen up
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.

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