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substances used especially by women to make their faces look more attractive, or used by actors to change their appearance 化妆品 eye make-up 眼妆 to put on your make-up 上妆 She never wears make-up. 她从来不化妆。 a make-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models) 化妆师 - in make-up
The actor has to spend three hours in make-up (= having make-up put on) each morning before filming can start. 在电影开拍之前,演员每天早上要化三个小时的妆。 publicity photos of the actor in make-up (= wearing make-up) for the role 该演员为该角色化妆的宣传照片
Collocations Clothes and fashionClothes and fashion 服装与时尚 Clothes 衣服 - be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/fur/uniform
穿着一身新衣裳/鲜艳的服装/化装舞会服/毛皮衣服/制服 - be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/leather/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)
穿着黑色衣服/红色衣服/牛仔裤和 T 恤/最好的西服/皮衣/丝绸衣服/破衣烂衫 - be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion
穿好衣服准备上班/上学/赴晚宴/出席特殊场合 - be dressed as a man/woman/clown/pirate
打扮成男人/女人/小丑/海盗 - wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes
穿休闲服/名牌服装/二手衣服 - wear jewellery/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume
- have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on
戴着牛仔帽;穿着红色连衣裙/蓝色西服 - put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet
穿上/脱下衣服/外套/鞋子;戴上/取下头盔 - pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks
穿上/脱下外套;戴上/脱下手套;穿上/脱下袜子 - change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas
Appearance 外貌 - change/enhance/improve your appearance
改变/提升/改善形象 - create/get/have/give something a new/contemporary/retro look
塑造/获得/拥有/给某物以新的/现代的/复古的外貌 - brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair
梳/用洗发剂洗/洗/吹头发 - have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle
理发;换一个新发型 - have/get a piercing/your nose pierced
穿孔;穿鼻孔 - have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
有纹身;在(胳膊上)刺花纹;去除纹身 - have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery
做整容手术 - use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics
使用化妆品;化妆
Fashion 时尚 - follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions
追求时尚;赶时髦 - spend/waste money on designer clothes
把钱花在/浪费在名牌服装上 - be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed
衣着时尚/新潮/考究 - have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes
着装很有品味/品味很差 - update/revamp your wardrobe
更新服装 - be in/come into/go out of fashion
流行;开始流行;不再流行 - be (back/very much) in vogue
(又开始/非常)流行 - create a style/trend/vogue for something
为…创造了一种风格/趋势/潮流 - organize/put on a fashion show
策划/举办时装秀 - show/unveil a designer’s spring/summer collection
展示/首次推出一位设计师的春/夏装系列 - sashay/strut down the catwalk/(North American English also) runway
走 T 型台 - be on/do a photo/fashion shoot
做专业摄影/时装摄影
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatreb2, Appearanceb2He was given an Oscar for his make-up work on the film. 这部电影让他获得奥斯卡最佳化妆奖。 I never wear make-up. 我从不化妆。 She was checking her make-up in the mirror. 她照镜子查看自己的妆容。 You don't wear full make-up to go swimming. 游泳不用化盛妆。 a tearful girl with make-up running down her face 脸上的妆都给泪水弄花了的女孩 the make-up effects for the film 电影的化妆效果
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- thick
- full
- …
- use
- wear
- apply
- …
- run
- smear
- artist
- girl
- man
- …
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the different qualities that combine to form somebody’s character or being 性格;气质 Jealousy is not part of his make-up. 嫉妒不是他的本质。 The final act exposes the fatal flaws in his make-up. 最后一幕暴露了他化妆上的致命缺陷。 a person’s genetic make-up 一个人的遗传性格 The report studies the psychological make-up of a serial killer. 这个报告对一个连环杀手的心理特征作了分析研究。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- biological
- emotional
- genetic
- …
- part of somebody’s make-up
- [singular] make-up (of something)
the different things, people, etc. that combine to form something; the way in which they combine 组成成分;构成方式 the make-up of a TV audience 电视观众的构成 Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the England team's make-up. 爱尔兰队的确暴露出了英格兰队人员组成方面的一些缺点。 - (specialist)
the page make-up of a text (= the way in which the words and pictures are arranged on a page) 文本的版面设计
- [countable] (North American English)
a special exam taken by students who missed or failed an earlier one Topics Educationc2补考