| 词组 | pump |
| 释义 | pump [pumped, pumped, pumping] pump away 1. pump away to work hard at something by moving continuously in and out or up and down: ▪ Increase your pace until you can feel your heart pumping away efficiently. ▪ Karen was in the gym, pumping away on a stationary bicycle. 2. pump sth away • pump away sth to remove a liquid or gas by forcing it to flow in a particular direction using a special machine called a pump: ▪ All together they pumped away about 150,000 gallons of flood water. pump in pump sth in • pump in sth to provide a lot of money in order to make a particular plan, place, or organization successful: ▪ Eventually the government will see the need to pump in more money to get good teachers. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑inject, ↑invest pump into pump sth into sth to put a lot of money into a particular plan, place, or organization to make it successful: ▪ The administration plans to pump $I trillion dollars into defence spending over this period. ▪ A lot of investors have pumped money into large companies such as Coca-Cola Co. ■ SIMILAR TO: invest (into), invest (in) pump out 1. pump sth out • pump out sth to force a liquid or gas to flow out of a place by using a special machine called a pump + of ▪ This engine was originally used for pumping water out of the mines. 2. pump out to flow out of a place quickly, continuously and in large amounts + of ▪ Blood was pumping out of a deep wound in his side. 3. pump out sth • pump sth out to produce something continuously in large amounts - use this especially when you disapprove of it: ▪ Every year the city's industries and vehicles pump out five million tonnes of pollutants. ► compare ↑churn out pump up 1. pump up sth • pump sth up to fill something with air, for example a tyre, using a special tool or machine called a pump: ▪ I had to pump up the tyres on my bike before I could leave. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑blow up, inflate formal ■ OPPOSITE: let down 2. pump sth up • pump up sth usually passive to force liquid to come up from a place under the ground to the surface, using a special machine called a pump: ▪ Salt water is pumped up from deep below the ground. 3. pump sb up • pump up sb informal, especially AmE to make someone feel very confident or excited about something: ▪ Jody's parents have always pumped her up with their enthusiastic support. pumped-up adj very confident or excited, especially in an annoying or unpleasant way: ▪ Everybody disliked the pumped-up ways of the college boys who came into town at the weekend. 4. pump up sth • pump sth up informal, especially AmE to increase the amount or number of something - use this especially about prices, taxes, sales etc: ▪ At least the government haven't pumped up taxes yet. ▪ The flu epidemic has pumped up sales of health products over the Christmas period. 5. pump up sth • pump sth up informal, especially AmE to make something improve: ▪ Economists assumed that central banks could pump up the economy and drive down the unemployment rate. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑improve 6. pump up AmE informal to lift weights so that you become stronger: ▪ If you want to pump up, you'll need to go to the gym regularly. pumped up adj AmE informal having a lot of muscles because you lift weights: ▪ Linda Hamilton plays the pumped up heroine in 'Terminator 2'. |
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