英语单词
pep是什么意思
pep
英 [pep]
美 [pɛp]
- n. 活力；锐气，劲头
- vt. 激励；使充满活力，使精力充沛
- n. (Pep)人名；(英)佩普
中文词源
pep 激励，使活跃，精力，热情
缩写自pepper,辣椒。引申词义活力，精力，热情等。
英文词源
- pep (n.)
- "vigor, energy," 1912, shortened form of pepper (n.), which was used in the figurative sense of "spirit, energy" from at least 1847. Pep rally is attested from 1945; pep talk from 1926. To pep (something) up is from 1925.
双语例句
- 1. Powell spent the day giving pep talks to the troops.
- 鲍威尔花了1天时间为部队作动员讲话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday.
- 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. I gave him an extra dose of glucose to pep him up.
- 我给他多注射了一剂葡萄糖以增强他的活力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. At this point nothing can pep him up.
- 现在什么也不能使他振奋起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He's full of pep in the morning.
- 他早上精力充沛.
来自《简明英汉词典》