facelift

英 [ˈfeɪslɪft]

美 [ˈfeɪslɪft]

n.  去皱整容手术; 面部拉皮手术; (建筑物、地方的)翻新，整修

复数：facelifts　过去式：facelifted　过去分词：facelifted　

TOEFL

BNC.22918

牛津词典

noun

• 去皱整容手术；面部拉皮手术
  a medical operation in which the skin on a person's face is made tighter in order to make them look younger
  1. to have a facelift
     接受去皱整容手术
• （建筑物、地方的）翻新，整修
  changes made to a building or place to make it look more attractive
  1. The town has recently been given a facelift.
     该镇最近进行了整修。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 美化;翻新;装修
  If you give a place or thinga facelift, you do something to make it look better or more attractive.
  1. Nothing gives a room a faster facelift than a coat of paint.
     重新粉刷一下是使房子焕然一新的最快方法。
• 去皱整容手术;面部拉皮手术
  Afaceliftis an operation in which a surgeon tightens the skin on someone's face in order to make them look younger.

英英释义

noun

• a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes
  1. give your home a facelift
  2. more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction
  Synonym:face liftface lifting
• plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face
  1. some actresses have more than one face lift
  Synonym:face liftliftface liftingcosmetic surgeryrhytidectomyrhytidoplastynip and tuck

双语例句

• The district is undergoing a facelift as the government aims to transform a piece of newly reclaimed land into a commercial and Art Centre.
  由于政府打算在一块填海获得的新土地上建设商业艺术中心，西九龙区正在经历翻建热潮。
• Shanghai's multi-billion dollar facelift began in the 1980s, during the early stages of China's economic opening to the world.
  上海这一斥资数十亿改造行动开始于上世纪八十年代，中国经济对外开放的初始时期。
• Probably nowhere in the country is this more true than at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has needed additional space for decades and which received its last significant facelift ten years ago.
  在国家大概无处是这真实比在费城艺术馆，需要另外的空间数十年并且接受它的前重大改造十年前。
• And the northern section will mainly receive a facelift as it is designed to be a commercial street.
  而路的北段被定位为商业街区，沿路建筑将修缮一新。
• In March 2006 website, which has a new facelift, to create a globally oriented shopping network.
  2006年3月网站已全新改版，致力于打造一个面向全球的购物网。
• Thea: Well, she's just gone into hospital for a facelift.
  西亚：嗯，她刚刚去了医院，做整容手术。
• Interior features will also receive a facelift, including steering wheels, clocks and dashboard layout.
  该品牌车的内饰也将有所改观，包括方向盘、时钟和仪表盘布局。
• B: It's just a facelift of the KS car.
  只是KS车的翻版。
• The cosmetics industry could be on the brink of a much-needed facelift.
  化妆品工业也许正进入了需求量日渐增加的去皱美容的时代。
• Portland Tower has recently undergone a facelift in the context of the currently undergoing major re-generation of Manchester's City Centre.
  在曼彻斯特市中心改造的大背景下，波特兰塔最近经历了一次整修。