| 释义 |
mascara|mæˈskɑːrə|
Also (rare) mascaro.
[It. mascara, maschera, Sp. máscara masker n.1]
A preparation for colouring the eyelashes and eyebrows.
1890Cent. Dict., Mascaro, a kind of paint used for the eyebrows and eyelashes by actors. 1922I. & H. Klumph Screen Acting 59 You will have your own make-up..cold cream, mascara for the eyelashes. 1927N. Martin Constant Simp (1928) vi. 101 No black globules of mascara hung from the tips of her long lashes. 1930H. Rubinstein Art Feminine Beauty xvi. 250 My mother had brought us up to use a little powder on our faces but would have been horrified at the thought of rouge or lipstick, or mascara for the eyes. 1938M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xvi. 267 Her long eyelashes thick with mascara. 1958E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. vii. 121 My eyes, which stung and swam from the running mascara. 1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 125 She knew she looked terrible—knuckles black with eye-liner and mascara from where she'd rubbed.
Hence maˈscara v. trans., to treat with mascara. So maˈscaraed ppl. a.
1935S. Lewis It can't happen Here xxxviii. 407 A lady with mascaraed eyelashes. 1938N. Marsh Death in White Tie iii. 36 Our hostess's mascaraed eyes. 1944W. S. Maugham Razor's Edge ii. 68 They had the same heavily mascaraed eyelashes, the same brightly painted lips, the same rouged cheeks. 1961M. Howard Surgeon's Dilemma viii. 247 Adelia, frantically mascaraing her eyelashes. |