spruce up phrasal verbphr v informalSMART/WELL-DRESSED to make yourself or something look neater and tidier 把〔自己〕打扮得整齐干净;使〔某物〕整洁 Paul went upstairs to spruce up before dinner. 保罗在吃晚饭前上楼打扮了一下。
spruce somebody/something ↔ up The cottage had been spruced up a bit since her last visit. 她上次来过以后,小屋收拾得整洁些了。
→ spruce up at spruce2(1)