单词 | toupee |
释义 | toupee (once / 40202 pages) n A toupee is a partial wig, made to cover a bald patch. You'll have to be careful when you're wearing your toupee on a windy day! It's easy to joke about toupees, since they often seem to quite obviously be covering up bald spots — especially if the toupee is a slightly different color from the remainder of the wearer's real hair. The noun toupee comes from the French word toupet, "tuft of hair." Originally, a toupee was a decorative tuft of fake hair that was worn for the style, rather than to cover up baldness. WORD FAMILYtoupee: toupees USAGE EXAMPLESYou can go home again, maybe, if you’re willing to tolerate toupees. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) The toupee he had worn for over a decade was gone. BBC(Nov 23, 2016) And suddenly, coming my way, was a guy with a really bad toupee. The dude wasn’t 57 ... he looked more like 75! Los Angeles Times(Nov 19, 2016) n a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness Syn|Hyper toupe false hair, hairpiece, postiche a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment |
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