| 单词 | face paint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasface paint face paint n. pigment or paint for decorating or colouring the face; a quantity or preparation of this.Originally (and still sometimes humorously): = make-up n. 4d. ΚΠ 1719 tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Compl. Herbal I. i. i. 6 The Italians named this plant Belladona..because the Ladies use it much in the Composition of their Fucus, or Face-Paint. 1854 C. Dinneford Family Med. Directory 121 Face paints are used to give an artificial colour to the skin. Carmine, or rouge, to communicate a red, and starch or talc powders a white tint. c1899 V. M. Raynor Bird Family i. 16 Aunt's been trying some of her new face paint. 1915 Illustr. London News 23 Jan. 120/1 Egyptian women..used..malachite, as the ingredient of a face-paint. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road xiii. 299 His whole face was bruised; kids with face-paints couldn't have matched all those colours. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 10 July 35/3 Pictures of [his] 6- and 8-year-old daughters—giggling in face paint. < as lemmas |
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