| 词组 | send up |
| 释义 | send up 1. send up sth/sb • send sth/sb up to make something increase in value: ▪ Gasoline supplies were short, sending prices up 16.7 percent. ▪ Lawmakers estimate the new policy would send average medical bills up by about $10 a month. ■ SIMILAR TO: increase 2. send up sb/sth • send sb/sth up BrE informal to make someone or something seem silly by copying them in a funny way: ▪ Harry Enfield sends up Tony Blair brilliantly in his new comedy series. ▪ Stallone seems to spend most of the film sending himself up. send-up n C a book, film etc that shows how silly someone or something is by copying them in a funny way: ▪ George Hamilton's best-known film is his Dracula send-up, 'Love at First Bite'. |
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