English Dictionary

punch up

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpʌntʃ ˌʌp/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 俗語

(transitive) To beat (someone) up by punching, to fist-fight. / (intransitive, slang) To attack or target a group of greater power or status than oneself.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）拳で殴る、拳で戦う、あるいは暴力で攻撃すること。 / （自動詞・スラング）自分より権力や地位の上にある対象に向けて攻撃を仕掛けること。

When the argument turned violent, she decided to punch up the man who had pushed her.

言い争いが暴力沙汰になったとき、彼女は自分を押した男を殴り倒すことにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To beat (someone) up by punching, to fist-fight.

意味（2）

(intransitive, slang) To attack or target a group of greater power or status than oneself.

意味（3）

(transitive) To make bolder, zestier, or more exciting.

To punch up the flavor even more, we looked to an untraditional ingredient: fish sauce.

意味（4）

(transitive, television) To switch (a source) into the main transmission.

Sound films have to be loaded so that the sound is 5 seconds before the sound drum so a wow does not result when the film is punched up on the air.

punches up （ present singular third-person ）

punching up （ participle present ）

punched up （ participle past ）

punched up （ past ）