词汇 | blacked-up |
释义 | blacked-up adjective (also blacked up)uk /ˌblæktˈʌp/ us /ˌblæktˈʌp/ wearing dark make-up over pale skin in order to look like a black person or to hide your face: 化妆扮黑人的 They used blacked-up white actors instead of African Americans.他们让白人化妆扮演黑人,而不是采用非裔美国演员。 Their faces were blacked up with burnt cork; they were armed with clubs, knives, and pistols.他们的脸用软木炭染黑;拿着棍子、刀子和手枪作武器。 This was a time when blacked-up singers were standard Saturday-night entertainment in Britain. The minstrel show, originating in the 1830s, featured blacked-up white performers doing a comic, exaggerated imitation of black voices. Photographers actually spent 24 hours blacked-up and in camouflage gear, crawling through the bushes outside the palace. |
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