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wear [color] lipstick
wear lipstick 表示“涂着口红”的状态；wear 用于妆容时在中文里常说“涂/搽”。
She often wears bright red lipstick.
她经常涂鲜红色的口红。
口红；唇膏
lipsticks — plural of lipstick
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口红；唇膏
makeup used to color the lips
She often wears bright red lipstick.
她经常涂鲜红色的口红。
Makeup for the lips.
用于给嘴唇上色的化妆品
makeup that is used to color the lips
A stick of this makeup.
She put on red lipstick before the party.
她在参加派对前涂了红色口红。
I left my lipstick at home.
我把口红忘在家里了。
This lipstick has a nice, creamy texture.
这支口红的质地细腻滋润。
wear lipstick 表示“涂着口红”的状态；wear 用于妆容时在中文里常说“涂/搽”。
She often wears bright red lipstick.
她经常涂鲜红色的口红。
put on lipstick 强调的是“涂上去”这个动作，与表示状态的 wear 不同。
Put on lipstick before you leave.
出门前涂上口红。
这里的 lipstick 指留在衣物上的口红痕迹，通常作为不可数名词使用。
There was lipstick on his collar.
他的衣领上有口红印。
Not this
She has a lipstick on her teeth.
Use this
She has lipstick on her teeth.
此处指牙齿上沾到的口红印迹，是物质而非一整支口红，所以 lipstick 不可数，不能加 a。
Not this
She applied lipstick on her lips.
Use this
She applied lipstick to her lips.
动词 apply 表示“涂在……上”时，与介词 to 搭配，构成 apply sth. to a place，不用 on；这是受汉语“在嘴唇上涂”的介词迁移影响。
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涂口红
She applied her lipstick before the interview.
面试前她涂了口红。
涂着口红
She doesn't usually wear lipstick.
她通常不涂口红。
红色口红
She wore bright red lipstick to the party.
她涂着鲜红色的口红去参加聚会。
口红印
There was a lipstick stain on his collar.
他的领子上有一个口红印。
一支口红
She always carries a tube of lipstick in her bag.
她包里总带着一支口红。
抹口红
She put on some lipstick before leaving.
离开前她抹了点口红。
给猪涂口红；指对糟糕的事物做表面粉饰，但无法改变其本质
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.
你可以给猪涂口红，但它还是猪。
如果你伤心，就涂上更多口红，然后去战斗。
This motivational quote is often attributed to the fashion designer Coco Chanel.
这句励志名言常被认为是时尚设计师可可·香奈儿所说。
你衣领上的口红出卖了你。
This line is from the 1959 song 'Lipstick on Your Collar' by Connie Francis.
这句歌词出自康妮·弗朗西斯1959年的歌曲《Lipstick on Your Collar》。
Use lipsticks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把lip（嘴唇）和stick（小棒）拼在一起：嘴唇上的小棒就是口红。
语域：neutral 常见场景：美妆、日常对话、购物 该词是表示“口红/唇膏”的常用名词，通常用于日常购物、美妆讨论或描述妆容，语气中性，不限于正式或非正式场合。
这些词都与 lipstick 的发音相关：stick、broomstick、candlestick、drumstick 均含有相同的结尾 /stɪk/，与 lipstick 押韵；lip 含有与其开头相同的 /lɪp/。注意：lick、brick、trick 等以 -ick 结尾的词虽然拼写相似，但没有 /st/ 音，与 -stick 的发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.