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单词 tweeze
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Definition of tweeze in English:

tweeze

(also tweezer)
verb twiːztwiz
[with object]
  • Pluck, grasp, or pull with or as if with tweezers.

    用镊子钳出(或钳住、拔除)

    the brows were tweezed to an almost invisible line

    眉毛被拔成一条几乎看不见的线。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the best results, tweeze hairs one at a time in the direction of hair growth.
    • When I looked back she was angling a mirror to see what must have been offensively dark chin hairs so she could tweeze them out.
    • You want to go clean out the fridge, or tweeze your eyebrows.
    • It's a bona fide pain, getting your eyebrows tweezed, being threaded.
    • How do you expect me to lead a normal adult life after being raised by a man who tweezes his eyebrows?
    • After years of tweezing my eyebrows they are now very scarce and look untidy, how can I achieve neat looking brows?
    • I'm fortunate not to have a lot coming up on the chin, but once in a while you get a few, and they have to be tweezed out.
    • My favorite beauty enhancer is to get my eyebrows tweezed or waxed regularly.
    • I'm tweezed, conditioned, hot oiled, hot waxed, manicured, pedicured, glossed, concealed, spritzed and sprayed.
    • I smirked up at him, arching one of my finely tweezed eyebrows.
    • Sometimes on these mornings, Mum sat on my bed and let me stare up into her face… eyes the colour of espresso, high cheeks plump and pink, brows dark like olives and tweezed to perfection.
    • It finds its heroine beautiful even in her imperfections, doesn't change her dress or tweeze her brows or put her in blush along the way.
    • And fifteen exciting hours later of learning how to tweeze eyebrows and match that skirt for every occasion, we had reached Tennessee.
    • Don't tweeze them all away, but don't go for the furry effect, either.
    • She is sitting on her bed, tweezing her eyebrows.
    • Groom your brows at night - the best time to tweeze strays, giving your skin a chance to heal from postplucking redness or irritation.
    • She tweezed out two freshly surfaced hairs in her mole.
    • Is it not enough that I shave, wax and tweeze every inch of my fake-n-bake body?
    • If you can afford waxing, i'd also suggest you have your eyebrows waxed rather than tweezed if this is your preference.
    • Some tweeze, wax, or shave hairs they don't care to have, whether they are in the axillary area, the legs, or on the face.

Origin

1930s: back-formation from tweezer (see tweezers).

Definition of tweeze in US English:

tweeze

verbtwēztwiz
[with object]
  • Pluck, grasp, or pull with or as if with tweezers.

    用镊子钳出(或钳住、拔除)

    the brows were tweezed to an almost invisible line

    眉毛被拔成一条几乎看不见的线。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Groom your brows at night - the best time to tweeze strays, giving your skin a chance to heal from postplucking redness or irritation.
    • Is it not enough that I shave, wax and tweeze every inch of my fake-n-bake body?
    • My favorite beauty enhancer is to get my eyebrows tweezed or waxed regularly.
    • When I looked back she was angling a mirror to see what must have been offensively dark chin hairs so she could tweeze them out.
    • I'm fortunate not to have a lot coming up on the chin, but once in a while you get a few, and they have to be tweezed out.
    • Sometimes on these mornings, Mum sat on my bed and let me stare up into her face… eyes the colour of espresso, high cheeks plump and pink, brows dark like olives and tweezed to perfection.
    • I'm tweezed, conditioned, hot oiled, hot waxed, manicured, pedicured, glossed, concealed, spritzed and sprayed.
    • Some tweeze, wax, or shave hairs they don't care to have, whether they are in the axillary area, the legs, or on the face.
    • For the best results, tweeze hairs one at a time in the direction of hair growth.
    • How do you expect me to lead a normal adult life after being raised by a man who tweezes his eyebrows?
    • I smirked up at him, arching one of my finely tweezed eyebrows.
    • It finds its heroine beautiful even in her imperfections, doesn't change her dress or tweeze her brows or put her in blush along the way.
    • If you can afford waxing, i'd also suggest you have your eyebrows waxed rather than tweezed if this is your preference.
    • Don't tweeze them all away, but don't go for the furry effect, either.
    • You want to go clean out the fridge, or tweeze your eyebrows.
    • And fifteen exciting hours later of learning how to tweeze eyebrows and match that skirt for every occasion, we had reached Tennessee.
    • She is sitting on her bed, tweezing her eyebrows.
    • After years of tweezing my eyebrows they are now very scarce and look untidy, how can I achieve neat looking brows?
    • She tweezed out two freshly surfaced hairs in her mole.
    • It's a bona fide pain, getting your eyebrows tweezed, being threaded.

Origin

1930s: back-formation from tweezer (see tweezers).

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