单词 | rouge |
释义 | rouge1/ruːʒ /noun 1 [mass noun] A red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for colouring the cheeks or lips: she wore patches of rouge on her cheeks...
2 short for jeweller's rouge. verb [with object] (often as adjective rouged) 1Colour with rouge: her brightly rouged cheeks...
1.1 [no object] archaic Apply rouge to one’s cheeks: she rouged regularly now adjective (Of wine) red.Not surprisingly, he has discovered the utter joy to be found in a decent bottle of vin rouge....
OriginLate Middle English (denoting the colour red): from French, 'red', from Latin rubeus. The cosmetic term dates from the mid 18th century. Rhymesrouge2/ruːʒ /noun (In Canadian football) a single point awarded when the receiving team fails to run a kick out of its own end zone. OriginLate 19th century: of unknown origin. |
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