mustache
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mus·tache /məˈstɑːʃ $ ˈmʌstæʃ/ noun [countable] x-refthe usual American spelling of moustache moustache的一般美式拼法
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mustache• His hair was dark brown and he was struggling to grow a mustache that only made him look like a fugitive.• She had a ferocious hedge of hair on her upper lip, practically a mustache.• White beard, formidable mustache, and bushy white eyebrows did nothing to make him look grandfatherly.• His mustache twitched; he cleared his throat, but said nothing.• He was slight, with a little mustache, and he did love to dress.• No matter what happens, though, Brown and Hershiser will be pictured wearing milk mustaches at least once.• The 1,200 boxes include everything from chunks of concrete he fetched from the street to trimmings from his own mustache.• Eliza wet her forefinger, gently lifted the mustache, and ran the finger underneath.Origin mustache (1500-1600) French moustache, from Italian mustaccio, from Medieval Greek moustaki, from Greek mystax “upper lip, mustache”mus·tache nounChineseSyllable
of Corpus spelling American usual the moustache
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mustache
mous‧tache 
(also mustache American English) /məˈstɑːʃ $ ˈmʌstæʃ/ noun [countable]
hair that grows on a man’s upper lip ⇨ beard:
He’s shaved off his moustache.
mus‧tache /məˈstɑːʃ $ ˈmʌstæʃ/ noun [countable]
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(also mustache American English) /məˈstɑːʃ $ ˈmʌstæʃ/ noun [countable]hair that grows on a man’s upper lip ⇨ beard:
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noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: moustache, from Italian mustaccio, from Medieval Greek moustaki, from Greek mystax 'upper lip, mustache'
the usual American spelling of moustache
Language: French
Origin: moustache, from Italian mustaccio, from Medieval Greek moustaki, from Greek mystax 'upper lip, mustache'
