单词 | spot stick |
释义 | > as lemmasspot stick C2. attributive and objective, with the sense ‘that covers or treats pimples’, as spot concealer, spot cream, spot stick, etc.; cf. sense A. 1a. ΚΠ 1948 Cosmopolitan Feb. 27/2 A veritable alchemist's warehouse of such materials: soaps, unguents, eyewashes, paints, rouges, lipsticks, mascaras, eye shadows, spot concealers, pencils, [etc.]. 1979 Irish Times 3 Aug. 10/3 Spirits of Camphor, an ingredient of most spot creams, is the cheapest and best remedy. 1988 T. Goodman & S. Young Smart Face 106 Disguise a blemish by dabbing on a medicated coverup (such as Clearasil Tinted Cream..or Stickor Shiseido Pureness Spot Cream). 1997 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 44/4 Conceal spots not with a traditional opaque spot-stick but with the latest generation of light-reflecting concealers. 1999 in D. Bolger Ladies' Night at Finbar's (2000) 18 Looking through his wife's friend's private things..her spot concealer, her Super-Plus tampons, her pills. 2007 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 17 Apr. 36 If you suffer from acne then you've probably tried every spot treatment going. 2014 Cleo (Malaysia) Mar. 3 (advt.) Blanc Expert..intensive specialist spot eraser. < as lemmas |
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