时差N小时 埃及艳后为什么化浓妆?(下)

She darkened her eyebrows¹ and lengthened² her eyelashes with black kohl, a mixture of powdered lead sulfide and animal fat.

她也会描眉，还用黑色的眼圈粉拉长睫毛。这种眼圈粉是由粉状的硫化铅和动物油脂混合而成。

And for lipstick³ and rouge⁴, Cleopatra used red ochre, a type of clay colored red by iron oxide⁵.

埃及艳后选用赤铁矿粘土来作口红和腮红，这种粘土会因氧化铁呈现出红色。

The Egyptian queen even wore nail polish, made of the reddish-brown dye called henna, which comes from the Egyptian privet tree.

埃及艳后甚至还涂指甲油，这种指甲油是由埃及女贞树上的指甲花的红褐色染料制成。

And Cleopatra often had her palms painted with henna in elaborate designs. Like the ancient Egyptians before her.

同时，埃及艳后经常会用指甲花在手掌中绘出各色精致图案，就像之前的古埃及人那样。

Cleopatra used her cosmetics⁶ not simply for beauty's sake, but for certain benefits that beauty might bring.

埃及艳后使用化妆品不仅是为了美貌，而是利用美貌为她带来的利益。

With Julius Caesar as her lover and, later, Marc Antony as her husband, Cleopatra consolidated⁷ Egypt's power with that of Rome.

埃及艳后曾是凯撒大帝的情人，之后改嫁大将军马克安东尼，她利用罗马的权势巩固了埃及政权。

1 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

2 lengthened   

（时间或空间）延长，伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
• He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。

3 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

4 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

5 oxide   

n.氧化物

参考例句：

• Oxide is usually seen in our daily life.在我们的日常生活中氧化物很常见。
• How can you get rid of this oxide coating?你们该怎样除去这些氧化皮？

6 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

7 consolidated   

a.联合的

参考例句：

• With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
• Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。