- [uncountable] 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.演员每天早上必须花三个小时化妆，然后才能开始拍摄。
- publicity photos of the actor in make-up (= wearing make-up) for the role演员化妆的宣传照片
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 Examples- He 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
Topics Film and theatreb2, Appearanceb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + make-upmake-up + verbmake-up + nounSee full entry - [singular] 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.最后一幕揭露了他化妆中的致命缺陷。
- 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
- …
phrases- part of somebody’s make-up
See full entry - [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补考Topics Educationc2
