make up可以用动名词形式当主语表示化妆。
make up用法
1 make up 后面可以直接跟宾语。如：
I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.
我认为你编造关于他的故事是很不友好的。
2 make up 可以表示“补足（某数量）”；make up for 表示“补偿，弥补”。
3 make up 的含义：
1）构成
Women officers make up 13 percent of the police force.
女警察构成警力的13%。
2）编造
I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.
我认为你编造关于他的故事是很不友好的。
3）补足 (某数量)
Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference.
学生们获得的有不到一半的钱是助学金形式的，贷款补上了不足的部分。
4）加班补足 (缺工时间)
They'll have to make up time lost during the strike.
他们将不得不补上因罢工失去的时间。
5）补考; 补修 (某课程) [美国英语]
Everyone gets a chance to make up tests.
每个人都有一次补考的机会。
6）和好
She came back and they made up.
她回来了，他们和好了。
7）配制 (食物、药等)
Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture.
在配制蛋奶酥混合料之前先准备蛋奶酥烤盘。
8）铺 (床)
Her mother made up a bed in her old room.
她母亲在她的旧房间里铺了个床。
make up可以当主语表示化妆吗 扩展
可以，表示装扮，打扮，make ones up表示给某人化妆
