made-up [
'med'ʌp]
a. 作成的, 化妆过的, 制成的, 捏造的
[法] 虚构的, 捏造的, 编制的
made-up[ adj ]
having been paved
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made-up \made-up\ adj.
1. formed or conceived by the imagination; not true; as, a
made-up story.
Syn: fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious, invented.
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2. having been paved. [British]
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3. marked by the use of cosmetic makeup; as, heavily made-up
eyes.
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4. formed by fitting or joining components together.
Syn: assembled, built(prenominal).
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- "It's a part of history that we're Sleepy Hollow," said Chris Skelly, a member of the Village of Sleepy Hollow Committee. "It's not a made-up name.
- But, all made-up and ready to sing, this Kansas-bred mezzo looks even worse than she sounds warming up.
- Their made-up biographies go in the back of the book, right next to the note from the publisher and a glamorous photo of Mr. Byrd, in which he's wearing either a business suit, a tuxedo or a motorcycle jacket unzipped to his navel.
- Mergers account for half the total, but many industrial companies are dumping dowdy smokestack names for made-up words that sound like new planets or distant galaxies.