每日1句輕鬆學 She's wearing too much make-up.

有些女生塗上厚厚的化妝品為了掩飾自己面部缺陷，有些則認為濃妝才漂亮。如果你覺得某人太過濃妝艷抹，英文可以說：She’s wearing too much make-up.（她化了大濃妝）。印第安人在出戰前會在臉上塗上一層顏料(war paint)，所以She’s got her war paint on. （她把顏料塗上），也可用來比喻她塗上濃妝，也可說：She’s a painted lady.（她塗脂抹粉）。化妝當然少不了粉底霜(foundation)、眼影(eye shadow)、睫毛液(mascara)、胭脂(rouge/blusher)、唇膏(lipstick)，還有卸妝液(make-up remover)。

Candy: What do you think of Rita? I think you two would be perfect together.
坎蒂: 你覺得莉達怎樣？ 我認為你倆很登對。
Brian: Yes, she's really nice. But look at her. As usual, she's wearing too much make-up.
布萊恩: 對呀，她很好，但看看她，一如以往，她太過濃妝艷抹。
Candy: That's exactly why I think you'd be a great couple.
坎蒂: 這正是我認為你們很登對的原因。
Brian: I don't get it. You know I prefer girls with the natural look. Why would I want to go out with her?
布萊恩: 我不明白，你知我較喜歡不造作的女生，為甚麼我會想和她一起？
Candy: Because she spends so long putting it on and then taking it off every day, you'll have time to do whatever you want and she won't be bugging you.
坎蒂: 因為她每天花太多時間化妝和卸妝，所以你便有很多私人時間，她不會空煩擾你。
Brian: You're right.
布萊恩: 你說得對。

莉達濃妝艷抹，布萊恩認為是過份了：She's wearing too much make-up。
化妝品英文叫cosmetic，但一般會用複數形式cosmetics，意思和不可數名詞(uncountable noun) make-up沒有甚麼分別。你可以說:She wears / has used / has put on / has applied too much make-up / cosmetics（她塗了太多脂粉），也可以說：She is taking off / removing her make-up / cosmetics（她在卸妝）。
說臉上的化妝品，make-up一字較cosmetics常用，「濃妝」是heavy/thick make-up，「淡抹」則是light make-up，例如：That evening she wore only light make-up, and looked very natural.（那天晚上她只是淡妝，看來十分自然）。
化妝品俗語還稱為war paint和slap。War paint本來是指野蠻人戰爭前塗在臉上的顏料，引申解作化妝品，有戲謔意味；slap原意是「拍打」，用來說化妝品，往往有「拙劣或厚厚的拍在臉上」含義，例如：(1) She went to the party with a face thick with slap.（她去參加派對，臉上塗了厚厚一層脂粉）。(2) Except for a little red lipstick, she wore no war paint.（除了擦了一點口紅外，她沒有化什麼妝）。
留意lipstick除了指一支的唇膏，還可指已塗上的唇膏。She carefully touched up / renewed her lipstick in the mirror.即「她對著鏡子補上一點唇膏」。
女人隨身攜帶的梳妝盒，叫vanity bag / case。I have a compact in my vanity case.即「我的梳妝盒裡有個小粉盒」。