单词 | retouch |
释义 | retouch (once / 9809 pages) v To retouch something is to improve it by making small changes. You might retouch your photo to make your teeth look whiter before you post it on social media. When you make edits or alterations to a photograph, a painting, or another artwork, you retouch them: "It's clear the artist decided to go back and retouch these early etchings." You might also retouch your friend's makeup or hairdo before the prom and then use computer software to digitally retouch the pictures you take of her. The French root, retoucher, means "touch again with a view to improving." WORD FAMILYretouch: retouched, retouches, retouching+/touch: retouch, touchable, touched, toucher, touches, touching/touchable: untouchable/touched: untouched/toucher: touchers/touching: touchingly, touchings/untouchable: untouchables, untouchably USAGE EXAMPLESPhotographs all go to Portugal, where a team retouches and uploads them to the website. Wall Street Journal(Oct 26, 2016) The Pittsburgh-based retailer’s Aerie intimates and loungewear division stopped retouching models’ photographs and cast Iskra Lawrence, a fashion model with curves. Wall Street Journal(Oct 12, 2016) They will use items from Brown’s new Retouching Collection, as an expansion of the original Retouching Powder into a brand. Los Angeles Times(Sep 21, 2016) 1v alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance This photograph has been retouched! Syn|Hyper touch up enhance make better or more attractive 2v give retouches to (hair) retouch the roots Hyper color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize add color to |
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