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词汇 face-powder
释义 face powder
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈfeɪs ˌpaʊ.dər/ us /ˈfeɪs ˌpaʊ.dɚ/
skin-coloured powder used on the face to make it look less shiny and more attractive扑面粉,敷面粉
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Make-up & skin care
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barefaced
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lipstick
made up
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mask
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sun protection factor
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Examples from literature

However, we all laughed at Aunt May this year, when it came to suspecting Carrie of stealing Regina's face powder! 
That is not billiard chalk, he said, "it is face powder." 
The use of a pure face powder is absolutely necessary. 
This is the best face powder made, particularly as it does not discolor from emanation of the skin or impure atmosphere. 

Examples of face powder


face powder
Increasingly, any facepowder was considered incompatible with normative masculinities - risking considerable suspicion and attention.
The penal system prevents crime in exactly the same way as an umbrella prevents rain, or facepowder would prevent smallpox.
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He was charged with supplying facepowder made by himself without having applied for registration.
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It is as useless as applying facepowder to the pustules in a case of smallpox.
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Its cosmetic effect is as effective as putting facepowder on a pox-ridden harlot.
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It is the present law that any package of talcum or facepowder weighing 12 grammes or more must be marked with the net weight.
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It would immediately lead to evasion into the field of ordinary facepowder and talcum powder for adults.
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I doubt whether any woman in the country would subscribe to the view that her lipstick or her facepowder is a luxury.
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The next group which is charged at this rate comprises various toilet preparations, including lipstick, facepowder and rouge.
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On such a sensitive and serious food safety issue, it is not acceptable just to dab on a touch of facepowder to look good to the consumers.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Material passing a 60 mesh screen will have the appearance of facepowder.
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The ore is run through a concentrator, where huge grinding mills reduce it to the consistency of facepowder.
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Among her exaggerated and often fraudulent claims, she offered customers at least sixty preparations, including a personal mixture of facepowder.
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A slightly darker facepowder or bronzer creates this illusion with much subtlety when applied correctly.
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After finishing the offerings, half of the facepowder is thrown on the roof and the other half divided among the young women.
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