Word · Frequency #1368
fresh
使清新；使清爽
to freshen up
- 1.
To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
把(鱼)松散地放在冰上。
- 2.
To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
用流动的淡水淹没或稀释咸水区域。
- 3.
To become stronger.
变得更强。
- 4.
To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.
重新镗(步枪或猎枪的)枪管。
- 5.
To update.
更新。
- 6.
To freshen up.
使清新。
- 7.
To renew.
使更新。
- 8.
Of a dairy cow, to give birth to a calf.
(奶牛)产犊。
更新；使更新；变强；增强；用淡水冲淡（咸水）；把（鱼）加冰保鲜；重新镗（枪管）
In use
A light rain freshes the garden every evening.
She freshed the room by opening all the windows.
The walls were freshed with a new coat of paint.
fresh sth on ice
此用法特指用冰松散保存鱼，而非“使新鲜”。
The crew freshed the mackerel on ice immediately after the catch.
船员们捕获鲭鱼后立即将它们松散地码放在冰上。
fresh sth with sth
此义项见于环保或水利工程，指用淡水稀释咸水区域。
The engineers freshed the salt marsh with river water to reduce salinity.
工程师们用河水冲淡盐沼，以降低盐度。
fresh sth
此义项为专业术语，指重新镗枪管或更新。
Connections
Collocations
- fresh the fish
- 把鱼松散地码放在冰上（保鲜）
- The crew freshed the day's catch on ice immediately.船员们立即把当天捕获的鱼码放在冰上。
- fresh the barrel
- 重镗枪管
- He took the shotgun to a gunsmith to fresh the barrel.他把猎枪带给枪匠以重镗枪管。
- the wind freshes
- 风力增强
- The wind freshed overnight, and by morning it was blowing hard.夜间风力增强了，到早上已刮得很猛。
- fresh up
- 梳洗一番；整理仪容
- Let me just fresh up quickly before the meeting.让我在开会前快速梳洗一下。
Synonyms
- freshen
- 使清新；使凉爽 · 与 fresh 同源，最直接对应的动词，常与 up 连用；强调给空气、环境、饮料等带来凉爽、洁净感，口语中常用。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：形容词 fresh 是“新鲜的”，动词 fresh 就是“使更新鲜/使清新”，比如给鱼铺冰保鲜。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：commercial fishing、coastal engineering、dairy farming、gunsmithing 动词 fresh 不算常用，多出现在特定专业或较老的表达中，比如渔业中的冰鲜处理、环境工程中的淡水稀释、奶业中的母牛产犊、枪械保养中的重镗枪管等。日常英语里通常用 freshen、renew 或具体短语来代替。它的语体随使用场景变化，不能简单归为正式或非正式；应结合具体搭配来判断。
Grammar Note
表示“（奶牛）产犊”时，主语必须是奶牛。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Mesh, flesh, and thresh rhyme with fresh (/frɛʃ/) because they all end with the /ɛʃ/ sound. Trash (/træʃ/) and brush (/brʌʃ/) end in -sh but have different vowel sounds, so they do not rhyme with fresh.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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