freshen

Các nghĩa

1. tươi tỉnh lại

   To be refreshed.

   intransitive

   Ah, how my spirit freshens, as I taste That life-restoring breeze!

2. mát lên

   To become cool.

   intransitive

   We set out at once, swinging along at a good gait in the freshening afternoon, walking now the track, now the road which skirted it [...]

   A little later, Harry sensed, by a freshening of the air, that they had reached the edge of the forest.

3. nhạt đi

   To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)

   intransitive

   They [...] drank from fresh-water lakes formed where old salt ice had freshened and melted [...]

4. mạnh lên

   To become stronger.

   intransitive

   wind force three, freshening from the southwest

   As he gazed up, the night wind freshened and the rustling of leaves became louder and higher, with a semblance of urgent repetition [...]

5. bắt đầu có sữa lại

   To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.

   intransitive · transitive

   The cow freshened the week before Christmas. The calf was a heifer and there was rejoicing on Baxter’s Island.

6. làm tươi mới

   To refresh; to revive; to renew.

   transitive

   I’ve been pegging away at mathematics till my head is in a muddle, and I’m going to freshen my wits by a brisk turn.

   They went into the little room again at about a quarter to nine, freshened by a meal in the canteen and a cigarette.

   New hope freshened his heart.

Dạng khác

• freshens present, singular, third-person
• freshening participle, present
• freshened participle, past