单词 | mustache |
释义 | mustache (once / 1154 pages) n A mustache is hair that grows between a person's nose and mouth. Some mustaches are as thin as a pencil line, while others are bushy and full. Salvador Dali was known for his long, curled mustache. If you're trying to grow a mustache, you might start by shaving all your facial hair except the strands that grow above your upper lip. When your mustache becomes luxuriant and ample, you can trim it with scissors and style it with mustache wax. The word mustache comes from the French moustache, which has a Greek root, mystax, "upper lip." WORD FAMILYmustache: mustaches USAGE EXAMPLESA kid got his McAdoo costume down perfectly, from the mustache to the menu of plays. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) His ties are a tad wider and his mustache a tad longer than the fashion. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Did you find that with your mustache and the uniform? Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) n an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache Syn|Hypo|Hyper moustache soup-strainer, toothbrush slang for a mustache handle-bars, moustachio, mustachioa large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) walrus moustache, walrus mustachea bushy droopy mustache facial hair hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) |
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