titivate

['titiveit]

v. 打扮自己
=tittivate

例句与用法：

She spent an hour titivating (herself) before going out.

她打扮了一个小时才出门儿。

词形变化：

名词: titivation | 动词过去式: titivated | 动词过去分词: titivated | 动词现在分词: titivating | 动词第三人称单数: titivates |

vt.vi.

打扮, 化妆

titivate

过去式：titivated

过去分词：titivated

现在进行时：titivating

词形变化：

名词: titivation | 动词过去式: titivated | 动词过去分词: titivated | 动词现在分词: titivating | 动词第三人称单数: titivates |

titivate1['titiveit]vt., vi.1.■[口语]打扮;装饰 [亦作 tittivate]变形vt., vi.titivatedtitivating titivate2['titiveit]vt.1.■= titillate变形vt.titivatedtitivating

1. [with obj.](informal)make small enhancing alterations to (something)
   (非正式)对…略加整理（或装扮）
   she slapped on her warpaint and titivated her hair.
   她随便涂了点化妆品，理了理头发。
   ■(titivate oneself)make oneself look smart
   打扮
   

1. early 19th cent. (in early use, also as tidivate): perhaps from tidy, on the pattern of cultivate
   

1. The verbs titillate and titivate sound alike but do not have the same meaning. Titillate is the commoner word (occurring around eight times more frequently in the Oxford Reading Programme), and means ‘stimulate or excite’, as in the press are paid to titillate the publicTitivate, on the other hand, means ‘adorn or smarten up’, as in she titivated her hair
   

titivate

动词 titivate:

make neat, smart, or trim

同义词：spruce up, spruce, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up

titivate