pick-me-up

英 [ˈpɪk miː ʌp]

美 [ˈpɪk miː ʌp]

n.  提神物品，兴奋剂(尤指药物或酒精饮料)

牛津词典

noun

• 提神物品，兴奋剂（尤指药物或酒精饮料）
  something that makes you feel better, happier, healthier, etc., especially medicine or an alcoholic drink
  1. This deal would offer the best possible pick-me-up to the town's ailing economy.
     这笔交易对该镇每况愈下的经济是一服最好的强心剂。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 提神的东西；使人兴奋的东西
  Apick-me-upis something that you have or do when you are tired or depressed in order to make you feel better.
  1. When you crave a pick-me-up, don't reach for chocolate or coffee — try peppermint oil instead...
     如果想提神，不要吃巧克力或者喝咖啡，试试薄荷油。
  2. This is an ideal New Year pick-me-up — a five day holiday in the Bahamas.
     这是一服理想的新年强心剂——巴哈马5日游。

英英释义

noun

• a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)
  Synonym:bracer
• anything with restorative powers
  1. she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her
  Synonym:pickup

双语例句

• "It's a real sensory lift, a pick-me-up, having a garden to wander out into on a sunny day," she says.
  “能够在阳光明媚的日子中徜徉其间，这是一次真正的感官享受，犹如喝让人提神的酒，”她说。
• There's also always a perfume sample in her purse'for a little pick-me-up. '
  她还会在手包里放上一个香水小样，让自己心情好起来。
• These herbs attract customers, such as over-worked office staff, in need of a modest pick-me-up.
  这些中药吸引了需要适度提神的顾客，如加班时间过长的上班族等。
• In an effort to boost orange juice sales in predominantly continental breakfast eating England, a campaign was devised to extol the drink's eye-opening, pick-me-up qualities.
  英格兰极流行欧洲大陆式早餐，在那里橙汁的销售，便设计了一项旨在宣传饮料的醒目提神之特点的活动。
• In this part of the country, it is traditional to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up.
  在国内这个地区，把白兰地和咖啡混在一起当早晨提神的饮料喝是个传统。
• She took a pill as a pick-me-up but it put her to sleep instead.
  她服了一片药当作提神剂，但却使她睡着了。
• Treating yourself to ice cream is a good pick-me-up.
  善待你自己，给自己买个冰淇淋吃，这是使你精神振作的好办法。
• Anytime you need a pick-me-up, simply open your happier app and enjoy all of the happy moments posted by your friends.
  任何时候需要高兴起来的时候，只要打开更快乐应用程序就可以享受朋友们上传的所有快乐时刻。
• The results suggest that coffee's pick-me-up powers may be at least partly due to consumers anticipating a caffeine "hit".
  由此说明，咖啡的提神功效或许，至少部分，是因为饮用者对其提神功效的心理预期所导致。
• This visit should be a nice pick-me-up for her. I'm sure she'll like the flowers you bought her.
  这次拜访一定会让她开心起来，我想她一定很喜欢你给她买的花。