| 词组 | tart |
| 释义 | tart [tarted, tarted, tarting] tart up 1. tart sth up • tart up sth BrE informal to try to make a place look more attractive or more modern by decorating or changing it - used especially to show disapproval: ▪ The hotel's been tarted up now, and has lost a lot of its charm. ▪ The new owners had tried to tart the place up and make it look like an American-style diner. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑smarten up, ↑spruce up 2. tart yourself up BrE informal to put on clothes, make-up, jewellery etc in order to make yourself look more attractive - used about girls or women, especially to show disapproval or when speaking humorously: ▪ Gina was one of those girls who like to tart themselves up in tight skirts and high heels when they go out in the evening. get (yourself) tarted up ▪ We'd better go upstairs and get ourselves tarted up. be tarted up ▪ They were all tarted up for a night on the town. ■ SIMILAR TO: doll yourself up informal 3. tart sth up • tart up sth BrE informal to make something seem more interesting and exciting by changing it in some way - used especially to show disapproval: ▪ If these news shows don't attract more viewers, the pressure will be on to tart them up a bit. |
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