cosmetic
cosmetic 英 [kɒzˈmetɪk] 美 [kɑzˈmetɪk]
adj. 美容的；整容的 n. 化妆品
名词复数:cosmetics
- Cosmetic refers to how something or someone looks. Visit the cosmetics department of a store if you are looking to buy lipstick, and visit a cosmetic surgeon if you are looking to buy new lips.
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- adj. 美容的；整容的
- n. 化妆品
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1. the cosmetics industry
化妆品行业
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2. a cosmetic company
化妆品公司
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3. cosmetic products
化妆产品
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4. These reforms are not merely cosmetic.
这些改革不仅仅是装点门面的。
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5. cosmetic surgery
整容外科
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6. cosmetic dental work
牙齿整形
- cosmetic (adj.) 1640s, "pertaining to beauty, improving beauty," from French cosmétique (16c.), from Latinized form of Greek kosmetikos "skilled in adornment or arrangement," from kosmein "to arrange, adorn," from kosmos "order; ornament" (see cosmos). Related: Cosmetical (1550s). Of surgery, from 1926. Figurative sense of "superficial, affecting the appearance only" is from 1955. Related: Cosmetically.
- cosmetic (n.) c. 1600, "the art of beautifying, art of anointing or decorating the human body," from Latinized form of Greek kosmetike (tekhne) "the art of dress and ornament," from fem. of kosmetikos "skilled in adornment or arrangement," from kosmein "to arrange, adorn," from kosmos "order; ornament" (see cosmos). The adjective is feminine because tekhne is a feminine noun.
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