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beefing up

/beef/US // bif //UK // (biːf) //

强化,加强,加强力度,强化管理

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural beeves [beevz] /bivz/ for 2; beefs for 4.

    • : the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
    • : an adult cow, steer, or bull raised for its meat.
    • : Informal. brawn; muscular strength.strength; power.weight, as of a person.human flesh.
    • : Slang. a complaint.an argument or dispute.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Slang. to complain; grumble.
  1. 1
    • : beef up, to add strength, numbers, force, etc., to; strengthen: During the riots, the nighttime patrol force was beefed up with volunteers.to increase or add to: to beef up our fringe benefits.

Phrases

  • beef up
  • where's the beef

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Thanks to ranching techniques used by The Perennial’s suppliers, one pound of beef is offset by 45 pounds of carbon sequestered in the soil.

  • Everything from lumber, coins, ammo, beef, to medical supplies has been affected.

  • This is the biggest issue with lab-grown meat, whether beef, pork, or fish—it’s difficult and costly to scale up its production.

  • McGunagle will jump out of the plane carrying supplies that include drinking water, food like beef jerky or peanut butter, solution for his contact lenses, and a pound of coffee.

  • Other biotech techniques hope to improve the beef industry without displacing it.

  • They became so brown and shriveled that they looked like walking beef jerky with New York accents.

  • Her first celebrity beef began when Snoop Dogg started Instagramming some pretty vile things about her, seemingly unprovoked.

  • Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.

  • Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.

  • The freezer is filled with meat, sides of beef and large pieces of lamb.

  • While this was being done, Ramona would dry the beef which would be their supply of meat for many months.

  • At last, a sirloin of beef was set before him, on which his empty stomach made him feed voraciously.

  • She's too old for beef, or the butcher would; and she makes out to get her livin' without botherin' nobody much.

  • The ship's company were supplied daily with fresh beef and vegetables.

  • Stuffing their crackers and dried beef into their pockets, they ran out of the house and to their machines.