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词汇 manicure
释义 manicure
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈmæn.ɪ.kjʊər/ us /ˈmæn.ə.kjʊr/
a treatment for the hands that involves making the skin feel softer and making the nails look better by cutting, smoothing, and painting them修指甲;指甲护理
Compare
pedicure
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Beauty treatments
aesthetic
aesthetician
beautician
beauty
beauty salon
electrolysis
esthetician
exfoliate
exfoliation
eye mask
filler
microdermabrasion
microneedling
nail art
rasul
sauna
sunbathe
sunbed
threading
waxing
manicure
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈmæn.ɪ.kjʊər/ us /ˈmæn.ə.kjʊr/

manicureverb[T] (NAILS)


to give someone a manicure:
You could help me style my hair, manicure my nails.
She regarded her battered fingernails with a groan, and vowed to manicure them the next night.
Compare
pedicure
She slowly and methodically manicured her nails.
You can manicure your nails with the rechargeable manicure pen.
She has manicured her toes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Beauty treatments
aesthetic
aesthetician
beautician
beauty
beauty salon
electrolysis
esthetician
exfoliate
exfoliation
eye mask
filler
microdermabrasion
microneedling
nail art
rasul
sauna
sunbathe
sunbed
threading
waxing

manicureverb[T] (GARDEN)


to keep something such as a plant or a garden very tidy and regularly cut:
Teams of gardeners arrive each summer and manicure the gardens to perfection.
He probably won't get another opportunity to manicure the vegetation and make it more attractive.
The mowers make it look like fun to mow grass and manicure big lawns.
Her days have long been spent manicuring her stunning garden.
Volunteers manicure the grounds and host tours and other special events.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning & tidying places & things
adjust
airing
bed
bioremediation
clean something out
dust
dusting
freshen (someone/something) up
going-over
Hoover
muck
sandblast
smarten (someone/something) up
spiff someone/something up
spit
spit and polishidiom
spring-clean
spruce
tidy
valet

manicure | American Dictionary


manicure
noun[ C ]
us/ˈmæn·əˌkjʊr/
a treatment for the hands that involves softening the skin and making the nails look better by cutting, smoothing, and possibly painting them

Examples of manicure


manicure
Proportionately five times as many boys as girls take up apprenticeships, and most of the girls are apprentices in hairdressing and manicure.
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I saw elderly men sitting there looking the picture of health, saw people who were well toileted, well perfumed and well manicured.
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They sign on for a certain number of years, and they massage and manicure people for long hours daily.
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Altogether there may be half a dozen different countries involved in the make-up of these articles included in a composite toilet or manicure set.
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They include helicopters, massage, manicure, osteopathy, acupuncture, cemeteries, party walls, taxis, squares and fairs.
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Proportionately, five times as many boys as girls take up apprenticeships—and most of the girl apprentices are in hairdressing and manicure.
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Manicures are not perhaps quite as important to health as chiropody, but they are important for decent and civilised living.
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I do not know when the system of these establishments, nominally intended for manicure, massage, and other objects, started.
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I suppose one might almost say that it exists in the tens of thousands of golf courses, even if only to a manicured countryside.
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In those moods she is a formidable woman, her manicured and expertly varnished fingers fencing in front of her as she puts her points over.
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In the catalogue there is advertised a toilet set or a manicure set.
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I do not think anybody would regard a manicure set in the possession of a lady as a luxury.
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Are we going to set men manicuring or shampooing them, or putting frills on them?
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It cannot be particularly amusing to spend your days massaging faces and hands and manicuring nails, but they become in time quite skilled workers.
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Take, for instance, in the case of the jewellery trade, which advertises extensively a variety of commodities, such articles as a toilet set or a manicure set.
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