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
- How about a little pick-me-up?
来点提神的，怎么样？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Seeing his girlfriend unexpectedly was a great pick-me-up.
和女友不期而遇令他精神抖擞。 - "It's a real sensory lift, a pick-me-up, having a garden to wander out into on a sunny day," she says.
“能够在阳光明媚的日子中徜徉其间，这是一次真正的感官享受，犹如喝让人提神的酒，”她说。 - Caffeine is known more as a pick-me-up than a home remedy, but for years scientists have wondered whether it may have benefits for people with asthma.
***常被人们视作提神佳品，而非家庭药方；然而，多年来，科学家却一直想知道它是否能对哮喘患者有所裨益。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。