mascara

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mas·ca·ra /mæˈskɑːrə $ mæˈskærə/ noun [uncountable]  DCBa dark substance used to colour your eyelashes and make them look thicker 睫毛膏 →4  See picture of 见图 mascara →5 see picture at 见图 make-up

Examples from the Corpus

mascara• She made do with Kleenex and blotted the black mascara off her face.• Maybelline, with 1994 revenue of $ 352. 6 million, makes Great Lash mascara and Revitalizing makeup.• Good for sensitive skin, but had to rub hard around eyes to remove mascara.• The rain had smudged my sooty mascara and it was streaked down my cheek.• Yes, in fact Emilou cried, and Wendi had made a fuss about the mascara on my sixty-buck shirt.• Her lipstick was smudged, her eyes black with mascara.• An actress always likes to be on the ground smeared with mascara wallowing in something.Origin mascara (1800-1900) Italian maschera “mask”

mas·ca·ra nounChineseSyllable  

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mascara
mas‧ca‧ra /mæˈskɑːrə $ mæˈskærə/ noun [uncountable]a dark substance used to colour your eyelashes and make them look thicker
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ make-up coloured substances that are put on your face to improve or change your appearance: I don’t usually wear much make-up.
   ▪ cosmetics creams, powders etc that you use on your face and body in order to look more attractive: a range of cosmetics and toiletries
   ▪ lipstick a substance you use for adding colour to your lips, in the shape of a small stick: She was wearing bright red lipstick.
   ▪ eyeshadow coloured cream or powder that you put on your eyelids
   ▪ eyeliner something you use for adding a line of colour at the edges of your eyelids to make your eyes look bigger or more noticeable
   ▪ mascara a dark substance you use to colour your eyelashes and make them look thicker
   ▪ blusher (also blush American English, rouge old-fashioned) red or pink cream or powder used for making your cheeks look slightly more pink
   ▪ foundation a cream the same colour as your skin that you put on your face before the rest of your make-up

mas·caraBrE /mæˈskɑːrə/ 🔊NAmE /mæˈskærə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]

a substance that is put on eyelashes to make them look dark and thick 睫毛膏；染睫毛油

blusher, cleanser, eyeliner, eyeshadow, foundation, lipstick, make-up, mascara, moisturizer, nail polish