| 正面 | 8431.upscale 英 ['ʌpskeɪl]美     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. It may have been a blend of *extufus 'take a steam bath' (source of English stew and stove) and late Latin stuppare 'stop up, plug' (source of English stop and stuff).2. stiff, stuff => stif- + -le (diminutive suffix) => stifle.3. 谐音“使袋封”------把袋子封死，使其窒息而死。adj. 迎合高层次消费者的；质优价高的vt. 升高一级 例句： 1. T-shirts, the epitome of American casualness, have moved upscale.象征美国休闲风格的T恤，已经向高端消费市场迈进。 upscale (adj.)1966, "at the higher end of a scale, superior," a commercial word, from up (adv.) + scale (v.3)." |