make-up [
'mek`ʌp]
n. 捏造
make-up[ noun ]- an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
<noun.event>
he missed the test and had to take a makeup
the two teams played a makeup one week later
- the way in which someone or something is composed
<noun.attribute>
- cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
<noun.artifact>
makeup \make"up`\, make-up \make"-up`\(m[=a]k"[u^]p`), n.
1.
1. The way in which the parts of anything are put together.
The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological
in their mental make-up. --L. F. Ward.
2. The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the
new congress was predominantly conservative.
[PJC]
3. Cosmetics applied to the face, such as {lipstick}, {facial
power}, or {eye shadow}.
[PJC]
4. The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.
[PJC]
5. The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in
senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is
dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as,
her makeup was very realistic.
[PJC]
6. An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not
accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up
examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday.
[PJC]
7. (Printing) The appearance of a page of a publication,
specifically the type style of the text and the spatial
arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising
material etc., on the page.
[PJC]
8. (Printing) The art or process of arranging the portions of
a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or
for optimal effect on the reader.
[PJC]
- But even by movieland's standards of maudlin self-massage, My Life is heavy-duty material. Keaton does his best with the terminal make-up and stoical wisecracks.
- I can tell you by item the make-up of the Dollars 67bn of costs we have in North America.
- It was just make-up, calories and drugs.
- He went around with a permanent make-up artist and, where possible, sought to be filmed by his own in-house camera crew.
- It has thrown off its Maoist cloak and put on its make-up and smart clothes.
- If it is inside, even if Barbara has done the make-up, she, a non-Hindu, cannot enter.
- (They should adopt a darker, bolder make-up, and the manner to go with it). But Tricorne is a masterpiece, worthy of every effort to capture its style. It must not be neglected, nor allowed to remain in its present deep-frozen state.
- They called her names and accused her of immodest dress and wearing make-up.
- THE GREAT thing about Ascot-dress is never, ever to confuse it with fashion. Ascot, like most of the summer events which collectively make-up the season, could be declared a fashion-free zone.
- And we tried to forget the worst disappointment of all: the sight of Jack Nicholson with putty-face make-up piloting through David Mamet's putty-brained script for Hoffa. This at least brought Danny DeVito to town as co-star and director.
- Here is an outline of the make-up of these markets and what influences them, the sources of the data, and the implications for jobs.
- Justice Byron R. White, in his opinion for the court, said the under-representation on the board for the city's largest boroughs is severe, rejecting arguments by city officials that the make-up legitimately balances regional interests.
- Inside, further pictures credit a stylist, set designer, hair and make-up artists, plus there are honourable mentions for 'jeans by Gianni Versace and sheets by Ralph Lauren'.
- The make-up people have been at his whiskers, curling the white moustache and giving a vertical frisk to the white eyebrows.
- Employers must register the religious make-up of their workforce with the commission and where it is out of balance with the population in the area, they will be ordered to take action to redress the imbalance.
- That could give the next president greater freedom to act when he takes office in January. But Brazil's complicated political make-up and its culture of compromise mean progress on both the economic and political fronts is likely to be slow.
- The make-up of the new Cabinet has been the subject of intense debate within the governing Liberal Democratic Party.
- I then go in, have my shower, put my make-up on, dry my hair.
- Wearing make-up or jewelery in public is taboo.
- Moreover, while the heterogeneous make-up of the national electorate almost invariably ensures both a strong government and a strong opposition, the more homogeneous territory of most councils makes the return of a numerous opposition less assured.
- A later make-up meeting between President Reagan and Mr. Rockefeller never quite erased the image.
- But it now appears Owners Abroad applied some thick make-up while fending off Airtours. During the bid, Owners did not issue a profits forecast but made much of its strong trading and the savings that would stem from its link-up with Thomas Cook.
- She exudes warmth and glamor, with discreet make-up and jewels and silken saris.
- As investment manager Draycott Partners points out in its latest newsletter, a hitherto unremarked aspect of the spectacular rise in Polish equity prices (up 175 per cent in the second quarter) is the stock market's unusual make-up.
- The United Nations-supervised elections will determine the make-up of a constitution-writing assembly.
- They agreed that Vietnam's withdrawal must be supervised by an international agency but failed to agree on the nature of the supervision or on the make-up of a coalition government during the Vietnamese withdrawal.
- It cautioned about difficulty in determining to what extent a station's programming decisions was driven by the racial, ethinic or female make-up of its audience or resulted from minority-ownership interests.
- Ross says the judge's error tainted the jury's make-up in a way that made a fair trial impossible.
- (Nothing fancy from the make-up department: the same actor topped with a Liberace-ish wig). Morice's parents are casually revealed as Pasa Doble experts, stomping nightly to the tune of the passing trains.
- The idea of beautiful models returning to their homelands to be photographed in immaculate make-up and striking clothes with their less fortunate countrymen seems questionable, yet we shall no doubt be told it creates invaluable publicity.