单词 | grease-paint |
释义 | > as lemmasgrease-paint grease-paint n. a composition used by actors in painting their faces. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > make-up make-up1886 grease-paint1888 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Sept. 3/1 He only used such materials as [are] in every actor's make-up box—grease-paint, rouge, lining-pencil, and powder. 1928 H. Crane Let. 27 Apr. (1965) 324 Hawaii..the Pollyanna greasepaint pinkpoodle paradise. 1944 L. MacNeice Christopher Columbus 16 The grease-paint voice will stick out all the more when there is no real grease-paint to look at. 1958 Listener 9 Oct. 578/1 ‘The Vortex’, faithfully performed in 1920 greasepaint voices, is a very poor play. < as lemmas |
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