cosmetic
noun
uk/kɒzˈmet.ɪk/us/kɑːzˈmet̬.ɪk/cosmetics[plural]
substancesthat you put onyourfaceorbodythat areintendedtoimproveyourappearance:
化妆品Wesellawiderangeof cosmetics andtoiletriesat a veryreasonableprice.我们出售各种各样的化妆品和洗漱用品，价格公道。
cosmetic
adjective
uk/kɒzˈmet.ɪk/us/kɑːzˈmet̬.ɪk/cosmeticadjective(NOT REAL)
disapproving
Cosmeticchanges, etc. areintendedto make youbelievethat something isbetterwhen, really, theproblemhas not beensolved:
装饰门面的，虚饰的，表面的They wereoffereda few cosmeticimprovementstotheirworkingconditions, but nothing ofsignificance.表面上他们的工作环境有所改善，但并没有实质上的改变。
Synonym
superficial(FALSE APPEARANCE)
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- massage
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- professed
- purport
- quackery
cosmeticadjective(IMPROVING)
[before noun]
used to refer tosubstancesortreatmentsthat areintendedtoimproveyourappearance:
化妆用的，美容的a cosmeticcream美容霜
Beauty treatments
- aesthetic
- aesthetician
- beautician
- beauty
- beauty salon
- electrolysis
- exfoliate
- exfoliation
- eye mask
- fake tan
- filler
- French manicure
- nail art
- rasul
- sauna
- self-tan
- self-tanning
- sunbathe
- sunbed
- waxing
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Make-up & skin care