| 词组 | pump up |
| 释义 | 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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