mass noun
1- a red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for colouring the cheeks or lips胭脂; 口红。
1.1
- another term for JEWELLER'S ROUGE.同JEWELLER'S ROUGE.
with obj.［often as adj. rouged］
1- colour with rouge在…上搽胭脂（或口红）：
her brightly rouged cheeks.
她那搽了胭脂的红红的脸颊。
1.1
- no obj. archaic apply rouge to one's cheeks〈古〉在脸上搽胭脂。
词源
late Middle English (denoting the colour red)： from French, 'red', from Latin rubeus. The cosmetic term dates from the mid 18th cent.