单词 | off one's face |
释义 | face /fās/noun
ORIGIN: Fr face, from L faciēs form or face; perh from facere to make faced adjective
faceˈless adjective
facˈer noun
facial /fāˈshl/ adjective
A beauty treatment to the face faˈcialist noun A beautician who specializes in performing facial treatments faˈcially adverb facˈing noun
faceˈ-ache noun
Faceˈbook® noun A popular social networking website face card noun A playing-card bearing a face (king, queen or jack) faceˈ-centred adjective (of a crystal structure) with an atom in the centre of the face of each unit cell as well as at each vertex faceˈcloth or face flannel noun
face cream noun A cosmetic cream for the face faceˈ-fungˈus noun (informal) A moustache or beard faceˈ-guard or face mask noun A kind of mask to guard or protect the face faceˈ-hardˈen transitive verb To harden on the surface, to case-harden (lit and figurative) faceˈlift noun
faceˈman or faceˈworker noun A miner who works at the coalface, as opposed to elsewhere in or at the mine face mask noun
faceˈ-off noun
face pack noun A creamy cosmetic mixture put onto the face to cleanse and tone the complexion, and removed when dry face paint noun Paint used to decorate the face face painting noun faceˈplate noun
face powder noun A cosmetic powder for the face faceˈ-saver noun A course of action that saves one's face (see below) faceˈ-saving noun and adjective Saving one's face (see below) FaceˈTime® noun An application enabling video calls to be made over a wireless network transitive verb(usu without caps) to communicate with (a person) using this application face value noun
facial angle noun (in skull measurement) the angle formed by lines drawn from the middle of the forehead to the upper jaw above the incisor teeth and from the opening of the ear to the opening of the nose facial mapping noun A forensic technique for reconstructing the original face beneath a disguise face down
face off
face out
face the music (informal)
face to face
face up to
fly in the face of To oppose or defy get in (or out of) someone's face (informal) To begin (or stop) harassing or obstructing someone have two faces To be two-faced (see under two) in the face of In defiance of, despite in-your-face or in-yer-face (slang)
look (someone) in the face To look at (someone) without shame or embarrassment lose face To lose prestige loss of face Humiliation, loss of dignity make or pull faces at To distort one's face into exaggerated expressions in order to amuse, annoy, etc off one's face (slang)
on the face of it
pull a long face To look dismal put a good or brave face on (it) To adopt a good-natured or stoical attitude in a troublesome situation put one's face on (informal) To apply cosmetics to the face right face!, left face! or right about face! Words of command, on which soldiers turn to the side specified run one's face (obs sl) To obtain things on credit by sheer impudence save one's face To avoid humiliation or appearance of climbing down set one's face against To oppose strenuously show one's face To appear to one's face In one's presence, openly |
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