make-up

noun

1. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

Synonym: makeupwar paint

2. the way in which someone or something is composed

Synonym: constitutioncompositionphysical compositionmakeup

3. an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

e.g. he missed the test and had to take a makeup
the two teams played a makeup one week later

Synonym: makeup

1. 化妆品
Make-up consists of things such as lipstick, eye shadow, and powder which some women put on their faces to make themselves look more attractive or which actors use to change or improve their appearance.

e.g. Normally she wore little make-up...
她一般不怎么化妆。
e.g. She checked her makeup one last time, and then walked out with a spring in her step.
她最后检查了一下妆容，然后步履轻盈地走了出去。

2. 天性;性格
Some-one's make-up is their nature and the various qualities in their character.

e.g. There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand.
他的性格有致命的缺陷，随着时间的推移，他陷入了久久的沉默，或者变得漠然。

3. 组成成分;构成方式
The make-up of something consists of its different parts and the way these parts are arranged.

make-up在线翻译

e.g. The ideological make-up of the unions is now radically different from what it had been.
协会的思想观念与过去截然不同。
e.g. ...the chemical make-up of the oceans and atmosphere.
海洋与大气的化学构造