black up

siyah yüz makyajı yapmak

Genellikle bir gösteride siyah bir kişiyi taklit etmek için yüzünü koyu renge boyamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To wear dark face makeup to imitate a Black person, usually in a performance.

• The actor blacked up for the show.
• Old photographs showed performers who had blacked up.
• The theater no longer allows actors to black up.

Nasıl kullanılır: black up for something (The actor blacked up for the role.)

Eş anlamlılar: wear blackface

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: black up onstage, black up for something

karartmak, kararmak

Siyah veya daha koyu hale gelmek ya da bir şeyi bu hale getirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To become black or darker, or make something black or darker.

• He blacked up the worn leather with polish.
• The surface blacked up as smoke gathered above it.
• She used dark paint to black up the pale patches.

Nasıl kullanılır: black something up (He blacked the boots up with polish.)

Eş anlamlılar: blacken, darken

Zıt anlamlılar: lighten

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: black something up, black up boots

siyah temsilini artırmak

Bir şeyde daha fazla siyah insana veya siyah kültürüne ait unsura yer vermek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To add more Black people or more elements of Black culture to something.

• The review claimed the studio had blacked up the cast.
• The director was accused of blacking up the story.
• A columnist described the remake as an attempt to black up the film.

Nasıl kullanılır: black something up (The critic said the producers had blacked the cast up.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: black something up, black up something