| 词汇 | punch up |
| 释义 | Phr V punch up punches, punching, punched punch up sth or punch sth up American informal to make something more interestingIt's the same song but punched up with a new arrangement. punch up 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, 1984punch up sth • punch sth up AmE informal to make something more interesting or exciting: They'd tried to punch up the movie with some exotic music, but it was still boring.■ SIMILAR TO: vamp up, spice up, jazz up informal punch up1. To produce something on a type writer or computer. A noun or pronoun can be used between "punch" and "up." Stephen, I need you to punch up a letter for me. I just want to punch these notes up in my word processor before I head home. 2. slang To something more dynamic, interesting, exciting, lively, etc. A noun or pronoun can be used between "punch" and "up." Your writing is quite nice, but you could stand to punch the story up a bit. They really punched up the sequel with a lot of action scenes. 3. slang To make jokes at the expense of a person or group that is in a stronger social, political, or economic position relative to oneself. The comedian suddenly started telling jokes about people in the ghettos, and I got really uncomfortable. Comedians should only punch up, if you ask me. punch something upto register a figure on a cash register or calculator. Jake punched the total up, and the register drawer opened. He punched up the total too carelessly. |
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