1A pigment or paint traditionally used in some societies, especially those of North American Indians, to decorate the face and body before battle.
（尤指北美印第安人）打仗前涂在脸上和身上的颜料
Example sentencesExamples
As I looked at it it, it somehow reminded me of an Apache brave's warpaint.
Tattooing the skin by pricking and staining with dye reflects the use of woad by Celtic warriors, warpaint by North American Indians, and tattooing by Maoris.
Liminal or exceptional states are not restricted to the festive rituals of a community: they are also manifested in war, in marking the bodies with warpaint.
A band of Indians on their ponies, stripped to the waist, decorated with warpaint and feathers, came riding at full speed, emitting that penetrating yell that only an Indian is capable of making.
1.1informal Elaborate or excessively applied make-up.
〈非正式〉精心化的妆，浓妆
a drag queen in warpaint
her eyes were beautiful even through the warpaint
Synonyms
cosmetics, greasepaint
Definition of warpaint in US English:
warpaint
nounˈwôrˌpāntˈwɔrˌpeɪnt
1A pigment or paint traditionally used in some societies, especially those of North American Indians, to decorate the face and body before battle.
（尤指北美印第安人）打仗前涂在脸上和身上的颜料
Example sentencesExamples
Tattooing the skin by pricking and staining with dye reflects the use of woad by Celtic warriors, warpaint by North American Indians, and tattooing by Maoris.
A band of Indians on their ponies, stripped to the waist, decorated with warpaint and feathers, came riding at full speed, emitting that penetrating yell that only an Indian is capable of making.
As I looked at it it, it somehow reminded me of an Apache brave's warpaint.
Liminal or exceptional states are not restricted to the festive rituals of a community: they are also manifested in war, in marking the bodies with warpaint.
1.1informal Elaborate or excessively applied makeup.