make-up

美[mekʌp]
  • n. 化妆品;(美)补考;性格;构造;排版

中频词

词态变化


复数: make-ups;

中文词源


make-up 化妆品

比喻用法。

英英释意


1. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

英文词源


make-up (n.)
also makeup, "manner in which something is put together," 1821, from make (v.) + up. Cosmetics sense is from 1886; verbal phrase make up "to apply cosmetics" is from 1808.

考试真题


More recently, however, some companies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust the fundamental make-up of the food they sell.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

实用场景例句


eye make-up
眼妆

牛津词典

to put on your make-up
上妆

牛津词典

She never wears make-up .
她从来不化妆。

牛津词典

a make-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models)
化妆师

牛津词典

Jealousy is not part of his make-up.
嫉妒不是他的本质。

牛津词典

a person's genetic make-up
一个人的遗传性格

牛津词典

the make-up of a TV audience
电视观众的构成

牛津词典

(technical 术语)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

牛津词典

Normally she wore little make-up...
她一般不怎么化妆。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She checked her makeup one last time, and then walked out with a spring in her step.
她最后检查了一下妆容,然后步履轻盈地走了出去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand.
他的性格有致命的缺陷,随着时间的推移,他陷入了久久的沉默,或者变得漠然。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The ideological make-up of the unions is now radically different from what it had been.
协会的思想观念与过去截然不同。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the chemical make-up of the oceans and atmosphere.
海洋与大气的化学构造

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He occasionally singled me out for a display of favor.
他有时把我抬出来夸奖一番以示恩宠.

期刊摘选

For God's sake stop dithering and make up your mind!
看在上帝面上,别再犹豫了,快拿定主意吧!

《简明英汉词典》

It didn't take her long to make up.
她很快就化妆好了.

《简明英汉词典》

The teacher helped his pupils make up the lessons they had missed.
教师给学生补课.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He just couldn't make up his mind either way.
他左想也不是,右想也不是.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

At the moment of indecision, we helped them make up their minds.
正在进退两难的当口, 我们帮他们下了决心.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The way Charles tried to make up to the boss was distasteful to the workers.
工人们很看不惯查尔斯想巴结老板的那种样子.

《简明英汉词典》

It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great Barrier Reef.
直到近来我们才发现,它们其实是众多独立的礁石, 大约有2900个独立的礁石系,组成了大堡礁.

《简明英汉词典》

Leave this notice hanging on your door, asking the servant to make up your room.
留张便条挂在你房门上, 请服务员把你的房间整理一下.

《简明英汉词典》

Vitamin pills make up what you lack in your diet.
维生素丸可补充你食物中所缺乏的营养.

《简明英汉词典》

She can't make up her mind which of her many suitors she should marry.
她无法作出决定究竟嫁给众多求婚者中的哪一位.

《简明英汉词典》

She couldn't make up her mind whether to go or not.
她又想去,又不想去,拿不定主意.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

His parents are trying to make up to him for the restrictions of urban living.
他的父母正试图弥补他在城市生活的局限。

柯林斯例句

Make up your mind, you can't have it both ways.
你决定吧,反正鱼与熊掌不可兼得。

柯林斯例句

A conservatory would make up for the fact that we were refused planning permission for a roof terrace.
我们建屋顶平台的计划被驳回了,要是能盖一间温室也算一种补偿。

柯林斯例句