blackface

🇺🇸 /ˈblækfeɪs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈblækfeɪs/
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难度
标签 RARE
noun
R

A makeup used by white actors in the past to darken their skin, which is now seen as very offensive.

Performing in blackface is no longer acceptable in modern society.

在现代社会中,表演黑脸已经不再被接受。

R

A sheep with a black face.

The farmer had a flock of blackface sheep in his pasture.

那个农民的牧场里有一群黑脸羊。

translation

n. 涂黑脸(过去白人演员用来使肤色变深的化妆方式,如今被视为极具冒犯性), 黑脸羊

词形变化

Plural blackfaces