pick-me-up

noun

1. 提神物品，兴奋剂（尤指药物或酒精饮料）
   something that makes you feel better, happier, healthier, etc., especially medicine or an alcoholic drink
   1. This deal would offer the best possible pick-me-up to the town's ailing economy.
      这笔交易对该镇每况愈下的经济是一服最好的强心剂。

1. N-COUNT 提神的东西；使人兴奋的东西
   A pick-me-up is something that you have or do when you are tired or depressed in order to make you feel better.
   1. When you crave a pick-me-up, don't reach for chocolate or coffee — try peppermint oil instead...
      如果想提神，不要吃巧克力或者喝咖啡，试试薄荷油。
   2. This is an ideal New Year pick-me-up — a five day holiday in the Bahamas.
      这是一服理想的新年强心剂——巴哈马5日游。

1. When you crave a pick-me-up, don't reach for chocolate or coffee — try peppermint oil instead
   如果想提神，不要吃巧克力或者喝咖啡，试试薄荷油。
2. Anytime you need a pick-me-up, simply open your happier app and enjoy all of the happy moments posted by your friends.
   任何时候需要高兴起来的时候，只要打开更快乐应用程序就可以享受朋友们上传的所有快乐时刻。
3. He said: 'Buying the dessert was a real boost for my morale. I was dumped earlier this year and felt this could be a decent pick-me-up.
   买这块甜点真的可以鼓舞我的士气，今年年初我被甩了，我觉得这个真的是很好的提神的东西。
4. "It's a real sensory lift, a pick-me-up, having a garden to wander out into on a sunny day," she says.
   “能够在阳光明媚的日子中徜徉其间，这是一次真正的感官享受，犹如喝让人提神的酒，”她说。
5. He explained: 'Whenever I need a pick-me-up, I find a quiet corner and perform some form of body-weight exercise that jolts my heart up to at last 70 percent of the maximal beats per minute ( for me, that's about 170).
   他说：当我需要提神了，我会去找一个安静的角落来做一些负重锻炼，来使我的心跳达到最快速度的70%（对我来说大约是每分钟170次）。
6. These herbs attract customers, such as over-worked office staff, in need of a modest pick-me-up.
   这些中药吸引了需要适度提神的顾客，如加班时间过长的上班族等。
7. Mr Cameron was visiting Plymouth for Armed Forces Day when he stopped at The Sandwich Box Plus in search of a pick-me-up.
   那天，卡梅伦正要前往普利茅斯出席军人节庆祝大会，他把车停在TheSandwichBoxPlus店外，想进去买杯咖啡提提神。
8. Pick-me-up: I usually have a coffee at home and one at work, but I also like the Vietnamese coffee from Pho Bang.
   提神饮料：我通常在家喝一杯咖啡，到办公室再喝一杯，但是我也喜欢PhoBang餐馆的越南咖啡。
9. Bob stopped at a drugstore for a pick-me-up after working three hours overtime.
   鲍勃加班3小时后，在杂货店喝了点兴奋饮料。
10. I had a little pick-me-up in my thermos.
    我的保温瓶里有点提神的酒。
11. LL: I don't really like chocolate, so when I need a pick-me-up, I usually eat ice cream.
    我也喜欢吃冰淇淋，不过，和冰淇淋比起来，我觉得“逛街买东西”更容易帮我调节心情。
12. This visit should be a nice pick-me-up for her. I'm sure she'll like the flowers you bought her.
    这次拜访一定会让她开心起来，我想她一定很喜欢你给她买的花。
13. The results suggest that coffee's pick-me-up powers may be at least partly due to consumers anticipating a caffeine "hit".
    由此说明，咖啡的提神功效或许，至少部分，是因为饮用者对其提神功效的心理预期所导致。
14. He ordered whiskey as pick-me-up.
    他点了威士忌当提神饮料。
15. How about a little pick-me-up?
    来点提神的，怎么样？
16. With it, you can use a shorter period of time ( a few minutes to ten minutes), for strong CALCINED physical training, quick pick-me-up Xingnaojing.
    有了它，可以用较短的时间（几分钟至十几分钟），作较强的体力煅练，快速提神醒脑。
17. Seeing his girlfriend unexpectedly was a great pick-me-up.
    和女友不期而遇令他精神抖擞。
18. In this part of the country, it is traditional to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up.
    在国内这个地区，把白兰地和咖啡混在一起当早晨提神的饮料喝是个传统。
19. Treating yourself to ice cream is a good pick-me-up.
    善待你自己，给自己买个冰淇淋吃，这是使你精神振作的好办法。
20. Caffeine is known more as a pick-me-up than a home remedy, but for years scientists have wondered whether it may have benefits for people with asthma.
    咖啡因常被人们视作提神佳品，而非家庭药方；然而，多年来，科学家却一直想知道它是否能对哮喘患者有所裨益。
21. In an effort to boost orange juice sales in predominantly continental breakfast eating England, a campaign was devised to extol the drink's eye-opening, pick-me-up qualities.
    英格兰极流行欧洲大陆式早餐，在那里橙汁的销售，便设计了一项旨在宣传饮料的醒目提神之特点的活动。
22. There's also always a perfume sample in her purse'for a little pick-me-up. '
    她还会在手包里放上一个香水小样，让自己心情好起来。
23. Edamame, or boiled soybeans, are a great pick-me-up because they're easy to make, easy to transport, and fun to eat right out of the shell.
    毛豆或煮熟的大豆是很好的提神食物，原因是它们易于制作，易于运输，而且剥了皮就能食用，容易令人高兴。
24. She took a pill as a pick-me-up but it put her to sleep instead.
    她服了一片药当作提神剂，但却使她睡着了。
25. I'm tired and need a pick-me-up.
    我有些累，需要点让自己清醒的东西。
26. Many of us rely on a cup of coffee to kick-start the day, but a study shows that the early morning pick-me-up could be all in the mind, The Daily Telegraph of London reported.
    据英国《每日电讯报》报道，很多人的一天都从清晨的一杯提神醒脑咖啡开始，但最新研究表明，咖啡的提神功效或许只是心理作用。

noun

1. a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)

   Synonym:    bracer

2. anything with restorative powers
   1. she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her

   Synonym:    pickup