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来源:http://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary
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+ ]# T9 F" _% @. k7 y MHe explains that for him, draft #4 is the draft after the painstaking labor of creation is done, when all that’s left is to punch up the language, to replace shopworn words and phrases with stuff that sings.
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1.查punch,然后页面内搜索punch up,根据原文意思,能够搜到结果如下:4 I5 N. v' `- t6 Y; ^: V) r
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4 r" x( x" ^5 G& s# ]% \Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary* {: J& c6 V* w5 J
punch (something) up or punch up (something) US, informal : to make (something) more lively, exciting, attractive, etc.
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punch something up 1 use a computer keyboard to call something to the screen: to punch up Andy Warhol and get text, photographs, and video on the Pop Art period. 2 inf. enliven. . Q f2 c7 ?7 z% k+ z$ w0 Z! J
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New Oxford American Dictionary
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use a computer keyboard to call something to the screen:
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(informal )enliven: * v* y; C. j/ v% f! D. |# W
he needed to punch up his meandering presentation.
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16. punch up,: T( l2 ^7 E) Y1 S6 w* ~& D
a. to call up (information) on a computer by the use of a keyboard: to punch up a list of hotel reservations.& Z+ ~9 c! m O, H9 n. L1 B
b. Informal. to enliven, as with fresh ideas or additional material: You'd better punch up that speech with a few jokes.
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punch up (a) Cinematography emphasize, increase (action, brightness, sound, etc.); (b) assault, beat up. ) ?7 R& M4 \, B ]8 D5 L4 u6 j6 @
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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary5 S. h- c7 k+ k) P% m' Z! X$ c5 X; F
与1.结果相同
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[8in1]Dictionary of Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and Slang) H1 D, y/ |- g. j! L: Q6 g3 f6 s r% j
punch up
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American informal to make something more interesting
7 a5 E% v8 H7 O tIt's the same song but punched up with a new arrangement.
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* K! u# E: w: |5 ~, x( }verb to enhance something, especially to enhance a script with humour, more lively dialogue, or the like. In the 1950s, the entertainment industry used the term to mean to increase the volume of the sound track or brightness of the picture. Towards the end of the century, the meaning changed to a writing term [US, 1984]
% ?' m4 i4 _# ^* J--From The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
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Definition
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