英语词汇“to blacken up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Chiefly U.S.

1. transitive. To apply black colour to (the body, esp. the face), typically in order to play the role of a black person; = to black up 2a at black v. Phrasal verbs.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)] > make up

to make up1778

to whiten up1842

to blacken up1861

to black up1877

to white up1906

1861 A. Curling Self-divorced II. i. 5 Again, he blackened up his visage..and then again he went forth, played and sang and earned his breakfast.

1880 Greenville (Mercer County, Pa.) Advance Argus 26 Feb. 1/9 One of the hard cases of the neighborhood blackened up his face for a joke and went to the ball.

1945 K. S. Prichard Haxby's Circus 59 Sometimes we blacken him up to look like a negro.

1961 N.Y. Amsterdam News 19 Aug. 17/2 When it is done the Otello role is usually played by white artists who blacken themselves up for the occasion.

2009 A. Beevor D-Day 25 Eve of battle rituals included shaving heads... Faces were also blackened up, mostly with soot from the stoves.

2. 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 v. Phrasal verbs.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (intransitive)] > make up

black1579

blacken1699

to make up1839

to whiten up1878

to blacken up1884

to black up1890

to white up1890

1884 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 7 Feb. 3/4 They told..the committee that they had permission from the manager of the hall to blacken up which when they appeared on the stage proved to be a base fabrication.

1918 Reedy's Mirror 4 Jan. 5/1 (Gives a trench-mirror and can of paint to the soldiers.) You can blacken-up while you're waiting.

1981 Mother Jones Mag. Jan. 28/1 Sometimes white stars, Shirley Temple for example, would blacken up and play the role of Topsy.

2002 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 23 Oct. (Features section) 14 Often played by black people, it [sc. the banjo] was at one point taken up by white comedians who would blacken up and play the instrument in mimicry.

单词	to blacken up
释义	> as lemmas to blacken up to blacken up Chiefly U.S. 1. transitive. To apply black colour to (the body, esp. the face), typically in order to play the role of a black person; = to black up 2a at black v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)] > make up to make up1778 to whiten up1842 to blacken up1861 to black up1877 to white up1906 1861 A. Curling Self-divorced II. i. 5 Again, he blackened up his visage..and then again he went forth, played and sang and earned his breakfast. 1880 Greenville (Mercer County, Pa.) Advance Argus 26 Feb. 1/9 One of the hard cases of the neighborhood blackened up his face for a joke and went to the ball. 1945 K. S. Prichard Haxby's Circus 59 Sometimes we blacken him up to look like a negro. 1961 N.Y. Amsterdam News 19 Aug. 17/2 When it is done the Otello role is usually played by white artists who blacken themselves up for the occasion. 2009 A. Beevor D-Day 25 Eve of battle rituals included shaving heads... Faces were also blackened up, mostly with soot from the stoves. 2. 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 v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (intransitive)] > make up black1579 blacken1699 to make up1839 to whiten up1878 to blacken up1884 to black up1890 to white up1890 1884 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 7 Feb. 3/4 They told..the committee that they had permission from the manager of the hall to blacken up which when they appeared on the stage proved to be a base fabrication. 1918 Reedy's Mirror 4 Jan. 5/1 (Gives a trench-mirror and can of paint to the soldiers.) You can blacken-up while you're waiting. 1981 Mother Jones Mag. Jan. 28/1 Sometimes white stars, Shirley Temple for example, would blacken up and play the role of Topsy. 2002 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 23 Oct. (Features section) 14 Often played by black people, it [sc. the banjo] was at one point taken up by white comedians who would blacken up and play the instrument in mimicry. extracted from blackenv. < as lemmas
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