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make-up

美 [mekʌp]

解释

n. 化妆品；（美）补考；性格；构造；排版

※ 提供单词"make-up"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

make-up 化妆品

比喻用法。

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.

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例句和用法

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.: 有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。

3. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.: 人生就应该是快乐的，要抓住每一天，孩子们，让你们的生活变得非凡起来。

4. These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.: 这些大机构总是随意制定规定，而且说变就变。

5. Does this dress make my legs look too stumpy?: 这条裙子会使我的腿看上去又短又粗吗？