| 释义 |
fix-up U.S.|ˈfɪksʌp|
[f. verbal phrase to fix up: see fix v. 8 and 14 b.]
Something ‘fixed up’; a contrivance or ‘get-up’. See also fix n. 4.
1832Polit. Examiner (Shelbyville, Ky.) 8 Dec. 4/1 She says Mr. Bunker sit down, well I thought I would whilst she was getting her fixups off. 1855Knickerbocker XLVI. 84 The old gentleman looked at me very disdainfully, and then in his most staid accents drawled out: ‘Well, if this isn't one of the curiousest fix-ups ever I did see!’ 1861N.Y. Tribune 27 Nov. (Chipman's Bartlett), The ‘Albany Argus’, still hoping for some sort of a compromise or fix-up with the rebels, says [etc.]. 1867W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. 191 Claret-cobbler,..eye-opener, fix-ups, or any other Yankee deception in the shape of liquor. 1873J. Miller Life Modocs (1876) x. 149 The lady who has the least amount of natural hair has invariably the largest amount of artificial fix-ups on her head. |
