| 单词 | toucher-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoucher-up toucher-up n. [after to touch up at touch v. Phrasal verbs] a person who touches up a thing or person in some way (cf. to touch up at touch v. Phrasal verbs); esp. a person who makes small modifications or improvements to something. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > slight improvement > one who toucher-up?1762 fine tuner1967 ?1762 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1883) IV. 50 Thou toucher up of the features of ye great Mogul. 1809 Monthly Mag. Jan. 517/2 A toucher-up, in polygraphic art of picture-making. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 4/1 A certain class of buyer..is influenced more by the glamour of the fresh paint-work and the bloom on the varnish than by any other considerations. This weakness is taken full advantage of by the wily dealer and his ally, the ‘toucher-up’. 1991 C. Swann Nathaniel Hawthorne v. 106 With the coming of the negative the skills of the toucher-up, that cosmetician of the image, were introduced. < as lemmas |
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