tune up

Word family

Related topics: Engineering, Motor vehicles

ˈtune-up noun [singular]

1. TETTCthe process of making small changes to an engine so that it works as well as possible 〔发动机的〕微调保养

2 an occasion that someone uses as preparation for a more important occasion 热身赛，准备活动

He is treating the semi-finals as a tune-up.

他把半决赛当成一场热身赛。

Examples from the Corpus

tune-up• If you give the engine regular tune-ups, it will last much longer.• Therefore, he is treating the semi-final trials more as a tune-up.• It's about time to take the car in for a tune-up again.• Perhaps the owner asked for a spiritual tune-up.

ˈtune-up noun

Chinese

Syllable

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tune up

phrasal verbphr v

a) APMwhen musicians tune up, they prepare their instruments to play at the right pitch 给〔乐器〕调音

tune something ↔ up

The band were tuning up their guitars.

乐队在给吉他调音。

b) tune something ↔ up to make small changes to an engine so that it works as well as possible 调试〔引擎〕

→ tune up at tune2(4)

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