词组 | vamp |
释义 | vamp [vamped, vamped, vamping] vamp up 1. vamp up sth • vamp sth up to try to make something seem new or more exciting by changing it or adding things to it: ▪ songs from the sixties that have been vamped up for today's audiences ▪ Writers have been told to vamp up the story line, or the show will be scrapped. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑spice up, ↑jazz up informal 2. vamp it up BrE informal if a woman vamps it up, she wears clothes that make her look sexually attractive to men: ▪ She really vamped it up at the end-of-term ball, and wore a tight-fitting dress with a plunging neckline. |
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