blacked-up
adjective (also blacked up) uk/ˌblæktˈʌp/ us/ˌblæktˈʌp/
化妆扮黑人的
wearing dark make-up over pale skin in order to look like a black person or to hide your face
They used blacked-up white actors instead of African Americans. 他们让白人化妆扮演黑人，而不是采用非裔美国演员。
Their faces were blacked up with burnt cork; they were armed with clubs, knives, and pistols. 他们的脸用软木炭染黑；拿着棍子、刀子和手枪作武器。
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- This was a time when blacked-up singers were standard Saturday-night entertainment in Britain.
- The minstrel show, originating in the 1830s, featured blacked-up white performers doing a comic, exaggerated imitation of black voices.
- Photographers actually spent 24 hours blacked-up and in camouflage gear, crawling through the bushes outside the palace.