单词 | make-over |
释义 | make-over, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈmeɪkəʊvə(r)| [f. vbl. phr. to make over: see make v.1 92 d.] A complete transformation or remodelling of something; esp. a thorough refashioning of a person's appearance by beauty treatment.
1966Punch 17 Aug. 260/2 The sudden make-over of the Cabinet..did little or nothing to improve Mr. Wilson's standing in Fleet Street. 1969Hairdo Feb. (title on cover) Make-up make-over for a busy homemaker. 1979Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. j1/3 Several home makeovers are featured in House and Garden's March issue. 1985Hair Summer 17/3 Five Anglia TV viewers..who had a ‘before and after’ make-over. 1986Fortune 18 Aug. 9/3 In mid-July American Can completed its makeover by selling its packaging operations to Triangle Industries. 1990Catch Feb. 55/1 Do you think she looks better before or after the make-over? 1991Time 3 June 32/1 The Soviet President began by indirectly asking the West to help him plan an economic makeover. |

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