mascara

noun
🔊/mæˈskɑːrə/
🔊/mæˈskærə/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a type of make-up that is put on eyelashes to make them look dark and thick睫毛膏;染睫毛油
    • waterproof mascara防水睫毛膏
    • Don’t cry or your mascara will run.不要哭,否则您的睫毛膏会流走。
    • I wiped most of the mascara from under my eyes.我擦掉了下眼睑上的大部份睫毛膏。
    • They sell a range of eyeliners and mascaras.他们出售各种眼线笔和睫毛膏。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • thick
    • waterproof
    verb + mascara
    • wear
    • apply
    • put on
    mascara + verb
    • run
    • smear
    • smudge
    mascara + noun
    • brush
    • wand
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘mask’, from Arabic mask̲ara ‘buffoon’.