英语词汇soup up的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	soup up
词源	soup up. To soup up a car is to improve its capacity for speed by enriching its fuel and/or adjusting the engine. This use of the words was first recorded in about 1940. Soup itself is Amer ican slang for car or airplane fuel, while to soup up a horse is to inject dope into the animal to make it run faster.
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