| 单词 | make up |
| 释义 | → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmake up• You don't have to tell him why, just make something up.• I'm glad to see you two have made up.• I gave her my name, then made up a telephone number with a Los Angeles area code.• The remaining budget was made up by personal contributions-student loans!-from the team members.• It was along this thread of a path that Mary made up her mind to go.• "You're saying you think Bobby just made it up?" "I think he believes it, but I'm not sure it's true."• Ecosystems in the wild are made up of patches.• When my mother was in a good mood, she would make up songs about us.• For Halloween, the children made up stories about wolves and witches.• This contains the pattern of dots that, when printed on paper, will make up the actual character.• If you haven't got enough to pay for that, I can make up the difference.• It is these that make up the matter we see today and out of which we ourselves are made.• We need two more players to make up the team.• Have you made it up with your sister yet?• That's a good riddle. Did you make it up yourself?be made up of something• The Certificate is made up of a range of foundation units with specialist options.• Explanation White light is made up of all the colors you can see in a rainbow.• And each microbe was made up of atoms and molecules.• Brand A is made up of four packs each containing a full day's food.• Our company of friends is made up of two different groups.• Because management is made up of virtually constant negotiation and adjustment it can only flourish in the context of other people.make up the difference• Alternatively, why not turn to male school leavers to make up the difference?• Both say they would cut government programs to make up the difference.• But as oil reserves dwindled over the past decade, local school property taxes doubled to help make up the difference.• But Barry and Dehere made up the difference.• Equity investors have made up the difference.• This meant that state pensions would be reduced, but the private scheme must then guarantee to at least make up the difference.• Where they are disadvantaged, women make up the difference.• The University of Maryland System could provide that, but Maryland taxpayers should not make up the difference; federal taxpayers should.kiss and make up• I think they just fight because they like to kiss and make up.• Want to show a husband and wife having a fight, then kissing and making up?• We wouldn't kiss and make up later.• Until, of course, Coleman returned the next day for practice and kissed and made up with his coach and teammates.make into• On the contrary, it made him blaze up into action.Related topics: Hair & beauty, Theatre, Schoolldoce_213_eˈmake-up, makeup /ˈmeɪkʌp/ ●●○ noun 1 for your face 用于脸部 [uncountable]DCBAPT coloured substances that are put on your face to improve or change your appearance 化妆品 I don’t usually wear much make-up. 我一般不化浓妆。 → make up at make1 →5 See picture of lipstick 唇膏, brush 眼影刷, eye shadow 眼影 ...2 people in a group 成群的人 [singular]GROUP OF PEOPLEGROUP OF THINGS the make-up of a group or team is the combination of people that are in it 〔群体或团队的〕组成，构成make-up of We should change the make-up of the team. 我们应该改变队伍的结构。3 CHARACTER 性格somebody’s make-up CHARACTER/PERSONALITYthe qualities that a person has, which form their character 某人的性格，某人的个性特点 Pride has always been an important part of his make-up. 自尊心一直是他的一个重要性格特点。somebody’s genetic/psychological make-up a possible link between genetic make-up and criminal behaviour 遗传性格和犯罪行为之间可能存在的联系4. test 测验 [countable] (also make-up test) American EnglishSES a test that you take in school when you were not able to take a previous test 补考 COLLOCATIONSverbswear make-up 化妆They’re not allowed to wear make-up to school. 他们上学不可以化妆。have make-up on (=be wearing make-up) 化了妆She had no make-up on. 她脸上没有化妆。use make-up 使用化妆品She rarely uses make-up. 她很少用化妆品。put on make-up (also apply make-up formal) 化妆Gloria watched her mother put on her make-up. 格洛丽亚看着她妈妈化妆。do your make-up (=put on make-up) 化妆nI’ll do your make-up for you, if you want.take off make-up (also remove make-up formal) 卸妆nTake off eye make-up gently, using a cotton ball.touch up/fix your make-up (=put a little more make-up on after some has come off) 补妆nShe went into the bathroom to touch up her makeup.nsmudge your make-up (=accidentally rub it so that it spreads to areas where you do not want it)Grace wiped her eyes, smudging her make-up.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + make-upheavy make-up (=a lot of make-up) 浓妆a girl in high heels and heavy make-up 穿着高跟鞋、化着浓妆的女孩eye make-up 眼妆She was wearing far too much eye make-up. 她的眼妆化得太浓。stage make-up (=make-up that actors wear in plays) 舞台妆nthe elaborate stage make-up for ‘The Lion King’npancake make-up (=very thick make-up worn by actors)His face was covered by thick pancake makeup.make-up + NOUNa make-up artist (=someone whose job is to put make-up on actors, people appearing on television etc) 化妆师nthe chief make-up artist on the filmn THESAURUSmake-up coloured substances that are put on your face to improve or change your appearanceI don’t usually wear much make-up.cosmetics creams, powders etc that you use on your face and body in order to look more attractivea range of cosmetics and toiletrieslipstick a substance you use for adding colour to your lips, in the shape of a small stickShe was wearing bright red lipstick.eyeshadow coloured cream or powder that you put on your eyelidseyeliner something you use for adding a line of colour at the edges of your eyelids to make your eyes look bigger or more noticeablemascara a dark substance you use to colour your eyelashes and make them look thickerblusher (also blush American English, rouge old-fashioned) red or pink cream or powder used for making your cheeks look slightly more pinkfoundation a cream the same colour as your skin that you put on your face before the rest of your make-upExamples from the Corpusmake-up• He noticed the artful make-up, the elegant hair style.• Neil Kinnock's clothes, make-up, speeches, audiences, responses and, of course, policies were all decided for him.• Her constant attempts to justify her actions tell the reader a lot about her emotional make-up.• This behaviour is part of our genetic make-up rather than our cultural conditioning.• The sinewy neck and its prominent adam's apple, the all-too-heavy make-up, the pronounced muscles on the legs and arms.• With regard to his mental make-up, his disposition is basically friendly and peaceful; he is faithful, obedient and willing to work.• If you do use them, make sure that your lashes are free of all traces of make-up.• According to our make-up so will be our reaction.• In this way, he gained a lot of insight into the psychological make-up of different sheep in his flock.• It's not in their make-up to accept defeat.• They would always be busy putting on their make-up and brushing their hair.From Longman Business Dictionarymake up something phrasal verb [transitive]1to combine together to form a particular total or resultPlastic bags now make up 60% of all bags used in grocery stores.2to prepare somethingYour accountant will make up your accounts and prepare your tax return. → make→ See Verb tableˈmake-up noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable substances on put face Corpus coloured Business are that to your |
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