Word · Frequency #13045
peps
活力；劲头；锐气
peps is the plural of pep.
liveliness and energy
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liveliness and energy
活力和能量
活力和能量；活力；气力；劲头；锐气
In use
After a good night's sleep, she woke up full of pep and ready to run.
The lively music restored some pep to the tired crowd at the concert.
He always adds a burst of pep to our meetings with his jokes.
this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep
be full of pep
pep 作名词时为不可数名词，表示“活力、劲头”，常与 full of 连用，指人或动物精力旺盛。
The puppies are always full of pep in the morning.
小狗们早上总是活力十足。
pep sb/sth up
pep…up 是及物短语动词，意为“使充满活力”；宾语为代词时只能放在中间，如 pep me up，不能说 pep up me。
A short walk outside will pep you up.
到外面散一小会儿步会让你打起精神。
Common mistakes
She is very pep today.She is very peppy today.
pep 是名词或动词，表示“活力”或“使有活力”，不是形容词；要表达“有活力的”应用形容词 peppy（也可说 full of pep）。
The teacher gave us a pep before the exam.The teacher gave us a pep talk before the exam.
pep 作为名词指“活力、劲头”，不能指“一段鼓励的话”；表示“鼓舞士气的讲话”要用复合名词 pep talk。
Connections
Collocations
- pep talk
- 鼓舞士气的讲话
- The coach gave the team a pep talk before the match.教练在赛前给队员们做了一番鼓舞士气的讲话。
- pep rally
- 赛前动员会；鼓舞士气的集会
- The school held a pep rally to support the football team.学校举行了一次赛前动员会，为足球队加油。
- full of pep
- 充满活力
- Even at seventy, she is still full of pep.即使七十岁了，她依然充满活力。
- pep up
- 使振作；使更有活力
- A short walk will pep you up.散一小会儿步会让你振作起来。
- pep squad
- 啦啦队
- She joined the pep squad in her freshman year.她大一那年加入了啦啦队。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 pep 想成“打气”的拟声，赛前给队友一记 pep talk，立刻满血、充满劲头。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：体育/赛前动员、校园集会、朋友间打气 pep 作名词指活力、劲头；作动词时多用于 pep up，表示使振作。两者通常都偏口语，比较常见于体育动员、校园活动或朋友聊天等非正式场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词：step /stɛp/、prep /prɛp/、yep /jɛp/、rep /rɛp/ 均以 /ɛp/ 结尾，与 pep /pɛp/ 押韵。注意拼写相近但读音不同的词：leap /liːp/、heap /hiːp/、peep /piːp/ 发 /iːp/，pepper /ˈpɛp.ər/ 多一个音节，均不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.