| 词组 | tart |
| 释义 | tart noun 1 a woman AUSTRALIA, 1903. 2 a promiscuous woman UK, 1887. 3 a prostitute UK, 1894. 4 a girlfriend or sweetheart UK, 1864. 5 a wife or female partner. Rhyming slang for 'sweetheart' UK, 1864. 6 a weak, ineffectual man. A term of abuse, used to call a man a woman; a wider gender-only sense of 'tart' than when applied to a woman UK, 1999 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 up2. 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 informal3. 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. (redirected from tart) tart upTo decorate someone or something in gaudy, garish adornments, clothing, or cosmetics. A noun or pronoun can be used between "tart" and "up." I don't normally wear makeup, so my sister thought it would be fun to tart me up before my date. Let's tart this place up a little bit before the guests arrive. They tarted up the dancers to give the show a bit more panache. tart upv. To dress someone up or make something fancy in a tawdry, garish way: We tarted up the apartment with a pink shag carpet. The dancers tarted themselves up in feathers and sequins. |
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