Word · Frequency #10552
tarts
穿着花哨俗艳；打扮妖艳招摇
tarts is the third person singular of tart.
To dress in a garish, showy, or sexually suggestive way.
- 1.
To practice prostitution.
从事卖淫
- 2.
To practice promiscuous sex.
从事滥交
- 3.
To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.
穿着花哨、炫耀、淫荡或轻佻
卖淫；当妓女；滥交；乱搞；从事卖淫；从事滥交；穿着花哨、炫耀、淫荡或轻佻
In use
She tarted herself up in a bright red dress and glittery accessories for the party.
He was tarting himself up in front of the mirror, adjusting his shiny tie and cufflinks.
Why do you always tart yourself up so much when we are just going to the supermarket?
tart somebody/something up
tart up 是短语动词，名词宾语可放在 up 前后；宾语为代词时必须放在 up 前，如 tarted it up。
They tarted up the old shop to attract more customers.
他们把老店装饰得花里胡哨以吸引更多顾客。
tart around (with somebody)
tart around 意为滥交，常用于批评或调侃的语境，语气较俚俗。
He was tarting around with half the office before he moved abroad.
他出国前和办公室里一半的人乱搞。
Verb forms
Connections
Collocations
- tart around
- 滥交；到处乱搞
- He tarted around in his youth and he now regrets it.他年轻时到处乱搞，现在很后悔。
- tart oneself up
- 把自己打扮得妖艳招摇
- She spent an hour tarting herself up for the party.她花了一个小时为派对把自己打扮得妖艳招摇。
- all tarted up
- 打扮得花枝招展；打扮得妖艳俗气
- They arrived all tarted up for the gala.他们来到晚会现场时一个个打扮得花枝招展。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tart up
- （花哨地）打扮；装饰They tarted up the old café to attract more customers.他们把这家老咖啡馆重新装饰，以吸引更多顾客。
- tart yourself up
- （过分花哨地）打扮自己She spent hours tarting herself up for the party.她花了好几个小时打扮自己，准备去参加派对。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
tart 中间藏着 art（艺术）——联想用化妆“艺术”把自己打扮得花枝招展，动词义为打扮妖艳或卖淫。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：describing showy or ostentatious dress、referring to prostitution or promiscuous sex 动词 tart 多用于非正式口语，通常带贬义或轻蔑色彩；表示“打扮花哨”时比较常见，表示“卖淫/滥交”时则比较粗俗，正式场合一般不宜使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都与 tart 押韵，读 /-ɑrt/：art、cart、chart、dart、part、heart。注意 heart 拼写中含 ear，但发音相同；另有形近但发音不同的词如 tardy /ˈtɑrdi/ 和 target /ˈtɑrɡɪt/，切勿混淆。
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。
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