To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle):增大威力，提高效果：调整（某东西）以便增加其发挥作用或令人满意的能力，尤其指增大（引擎或车辆的）马力或更大的速度潜力：souped up the 1959 Ford; souping up old sound systems.改进1959年产的福特汽车；提高旧的声音系统的效果