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词汇 soup up
释义
Idiom
soup upsoup up (something)
to make something more powerful.
They had to soup up the air-conditioning to keep her computers from overheating in the summer.
Usage notes: usually used to describe an improvement to a car or other machine

Phr V
soup up
soups, souping, souped
soup up sth or soup sth up
informal to improve something by making it more powerful or more interesting
Circuit boards can be used to soup up existing machines.
souped-up
adjective (always before noun) informal
He patrols the nightclubs on a souped-up scooter.
soup up
verb to make modifications which increase a car's performance US, 1933
phrasesoup up1. soup up sthsoup sth up to make a car more powerful by making changes to its engine: Young men souped up their vehicles and raced along the dry lake beds around Los Angeles.souped-up adj a souped-up car has had its engine changed so that it is much more powerful and can go much faster: Hoodlums tore up and down the city streets, their souped-up cars blasting out loud rap music.2. soup up sthsoup sth up to make changes to something in order to make it more powerful, effective, interesting etc than it was before - use this especially about computers and computer products: software programs to soup up the office e-mailsouped-up adj something that is souped-up has been changed to make it more powerful, effective, interesting etc: He was using some kind of souped-up Macintosh computer.

soup up

To modify something in order to increase its power or performance. A noun or pronoun can be used between "soup" and "up." He's spent a fortune souping up his car for drag racing. We've souped our computers up to run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds.

souped up

Modified to have increased power or performance. Sometimes hyphenated when used before a noun. At this point, her car is so souped up that it could probably reach 200 miles per hour! This souped-up computer is able to run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds.

soup something up

to increase the power of something. He souped his car up so it will do nearly 120 miles per hour. If only I could soup up this computer to run just a little faster.

souped up

made more powerful. That souped-up car of John's sure makes a lot of noise. Why do all cars driven by males under the age of twenty have to be souped up?

soup up

Make something more powerful; especially, add speed to an engine. For example, He was riding around in that car he'd souped up, or They had to soup up the sound system for the outdoor concert. [Slang; c. 1930]

soup up

v. Slang
To modify something so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to an engine or a vehicle: The mechanic souped the car up with racing tires and a bigger engine. I souped up my computer with a faster processor and a liquid cooling system.

soup something up

tv. to increase the power of something. (see also souped up.) If only I could soup up this computer to run just a little faster.

souped up

mod. made more powerful. Why do all cars driven by males under the age of twenty have to be souped up?
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