英语词汇“toupees”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

the weatherman calmly adjusted his toupee after the wind nearly blew it off

Recent Examples on the Web Don’t want surgery but not prepared to shave your dome or stoop to a toupee?

Horacio Silva, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Some caterpillars resemble a walking toupee or dust bunny, like the flannel moths (another no-touch group).

Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022 The account posted that a star with a huge female following was actually bald and wore a toupee.

Charley Ross, Glamour, 14 July 2022 According to a new report from Mastercard, toupee and wig store sales increased by 75 percent for the period May 2020 to 2021, compared to February 2019 to February 2020.

NBC News, 6 July 2021 The Colombian man reportedly caught smuggling cocaine under a badly fitting toupee may have been outdone.

Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 23 July 2019 Ten of the crumbling craters now sport bright green turf toupees.

Henry Brean, azcentral, 1 Feb. 2020 At Roddenberry's insistence, Stewart did the audition wearing a toupee, which the actor FedExed in from England.

Bill Higgins, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2020 With his bushy blond toupee, exaggerated eyebrows and walrus-like mustache, Mr. Taylor was a striking presence.

Lindsey Behr, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

French toupet forelock, from Old French, diminutive of top, toup, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tuft of hair — more at top entry 1

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined at sense 2

单词	toupees
释义	toupee noun tou·pee tü-ˈpā 1 : a wig or section of hair worn to cover a bald spot 2 : a curl or lock of hair made into a topknot on a periwig or natural coiffure also : a periwig with such a topknot Synonyms hairpiece rug [slang] wig See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the weatherman calmly adjusted his toupee after the wind nearly blew it off Recent Examples on the Web Don’t want surgery but not prepared to shave your dome or stoop to a toupee? Horacio Silva, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Some caterpillars resemble a walking toupee or dust bunny, like the flannel moths (another no-touch group). Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022 The account posted that a star with a huge female following was actually bald and wore a toupee. Charley Ross, Glamour, 14 July 2022 According to a new report from Mastercard, toupee and wig store sales increased by 75 percent for the period May 2020 to 2021, compared to February 2019 to February 2020. NBC News, 6 July 2021 The Colombian man reportedly caught smuggling cocaine under a badly fitting toupee may have been outdone. Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 23 July 2019 Ten of the crumbling craters now sport bright green turf toupees. Henry Brean, azcentral, 1 Feb. 2020 At Roddenberry's insistence, Stewart did the audition wearing a toupee, which the actor FedExed in from England. Bill Higgins, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2020 With his bushy blond toupee, exaggerated eyebrows and walrus-like mustache, Mr. Taylor was a striking presence. Lindsey Behr, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019 See More Word History Etymology French toupet forelock, from Old French, diminutive of top, toup, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tuft of hair — more at top entry 1 First Known Use 1728, in the meaning defined at sense 2 toupees noun plural of toupee as in wigs a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area the weatherman calmly adjusted his toupee after the wind nearly blew it off Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance wigs hairpieces rugs falls extensions fright wigs wiglets postiches switches
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toupee

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