lipstick

IPA/ˈlɪpstɪk/
KK[lˈɪpstˌɪk]IPA/ˈlɪpstɪk/

lipstick — 名詞

  • lipsticksingular
  • lipsticksplural

1. a small solid stick of coloured makeup that you rub onto your lips to give them

1.名詞B1
釋義

口紅

塗在嘴唇上的化妝品

a small solid stick of coloured makeup that you rub onto your lips to give them a different colour or appearance

例句

Abigail wiped off her old lipstick before applying a new shade.

Abigail 在塗新色之前先將舊的口紅擦掉。

verb pattern: wipe off + lipstick

The makeup artist showed Sayaka how to apply lipstick without a mirror.

化妝師教 Sayaka 如何在沒有鏡子的情況下塗口紅。

常見搭配
  • wear lipstick
  • apply lipstick
  • put on lipstick
  • red / pink / dark lipstick
  • lipstick shade
  • tube of lipstick
同義詞
  • lip gloss

    a shinier, less solid product that gives a wet-look finish rather than full colour coverage

  • lip balm

    a moisturising product for dry or chapped lips, usually with little or no colour

文法句型

wear/apply + lipstick

[colour] + lipstick

a + [adjective] + lipstick

用法筆記

Lipstick can be uncountable when referring to the substance itself ('She never wears lipstick') or countable when referring to individual sticks or products ('She owns twenty different lipsticks').

常見錯誤

She put lipstick on her mouth.
She put lipstick on her lips.
In English, 'lips' is the standard collocation for lipstick; 'mouth' sounds unnatural.
慣用語

put lipstick on a pig

idiom

Trying to make something look better by changing only its surface, while its real problems remain.

掩蓋缺點，粉飾太平

Renaming the failing product is just putting lipstick on a pig.

Maya said the new paint was only putting lipstick on a pig.

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常用片語

  • put on lipstick
  • wear lipstick
  • take off lipstick
  • a swipe of lipstick

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