1. | [u] 化妆品substances used especially by women to make their faces look more attractive, or used by actors to change their appearance |
eye make-up 眼妆 | |
to put on your make-up 上妆 | |
She never wears make-up . 她从来不化妆。 | |
a make-up artist(= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models) 化妆师 |
2. | [sing] 性格；气质the different qualities that combine to form sb's character or being |
Jealousy is not part of his make-up. 嫉妒不是他的本质。 | |
a person's genetic make-up 一个人的遗传性格 |
3. | [sing] ~ (of sth) 组成成分；构成方式the different things, people, etc. that combine to form sth; the way in which they combine |
the make-up of a TV audience 电视观众的构成 | |
the page make-up of a text(= the way in which the words and pictures are arranged on a page) 文本的版面设计 |
4. | [c] 补考a special exam taken by students who missed or failed an earlier one |
