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coiffure

/kwah-fyoor; French kwa-fyr/US // kwɑˈfyʊər; French kwaˈfür //UK // (kwɑːˈfjʊə, French kwafyr) //

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n.名词 noun
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    plural coif·fures [kwah-fyoorz; French kwa-fyr]. /kwɑˈfyʊərz; French kwaˈfür/.

    • : a style of arranging the hair.
    • : a head covering; headdress.
v.有主动词 verb
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    coif·fured [kwah-fyoord], /kwɑˈfyʊərd/, coif·fur·ing [kwah-fyoor-ing]. /kwɑˈfyʊər ɪŋ/.

    • : to arrange or comb in a coiffure; to style.
    • : to provide with a head covering or headdress; cover with a coiffure.

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Examples

  • The most popular request: “Please do a high coiffure—a puffy one.”

  • There was Coco the other day, on Page Six, his familiar red coiffure now underlined by some bright, red whiskers.

  • He rose and kissed her lightly on the forehead, experience teaching him to avoid a stray hair from the carefully built coiffure.

  • Let the coiffure be of flowers or ribbons, never feathers, and but very little jewelry is becoming to an unmarried lady.

  • Be very careful, when dressing for a ball, that the hair is firmly fastened, and the coiffure properly adjusted.

  • She settled her chain and puffed the elaborate coiffure of her hair, the while she continued to survey the class.

  • His coiffure alone would have made him appear whimsical and ridiculous, had not his head been noble and distinguished.