transitive. To apply black colour to (the body, esp. the face), esp. as a disguise or in order to play the role of a black person; = blacken, v.…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (intransitive)] > make up (7) black1579 transitive. To apply black colour to (the body, esp. the face), esp. as a disguise or in order to play the role of a black person; = blacken, v.… blacken1699 transitive (also intransitive with object understood). To apply black colour to (the body, esp. the face), esp. as an aid to concealment or in order… to make up1839 To prepare. intransitive. Originally Theatre colloquial with reflexive meaning in sense 10e. to whiten up1878 Originally and chiefly U.S. intransitive. To apply white colour to one's body, esp. the face, typically in order to play the part of a white… to blacken up1884 intransitive. To apply black colour to one's body (esp. the face), typically in order to play the role of a black person; = to black up 2b at black… to black up1890 Originally U.S. intransitive. To apply black colour to one's body (esp. the face), typically in order to play the role of a black person. to white up1890 intransitive. To apply white make-up to one's body, esp. the face, typically in order to play the part of a white person. Cf. to black up 2b at black… |
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