臉上的那一刀
這是字面本身：真的有一張臉被拉緊。
noun · B2
An operation on someone's face in which a doctor tightens the skin and takes away the loose parts, so that the person looks younger. You normally say that someone has a facelift or has had one.
拉皮手術
核心畫面
Think of a tired face with loose skin, and a hand lifting that skin so it sits tight and fresh again. Nothing about the person has changed — same eyes, same voice, same life — but the surface looks newer. Everything facelift means grows out of that one movement: take what is worn on the outside, lift it, and leave what is underneath alone.
可以想成一張有點疲態的臉，皮膚鬆了，有隻手把它往上拉緊，整張臉又清爽起來。這個人本身沒有變：一樣的眼睛、一樣的聲音、…更多收起
可以想成一張有點疲態的臉，皮膚鬆了，有隻手把它往上拉緊，整張臉又清爽起來。這個人本身沒有變：一樣的眼睛、一樣的聲音、一樣的生活，只是表面看起來新了。facelift 的每一個意思都是從這個動作長出來的——把外面舊掉的那一層拉一把，裡面的東西原封不動。From the word’s history
The word is simply face plus lift, and it still says exactly what it does: the face gets lifted.
這個字就是 face（臉）加 lift（拉起來）組成的，字面說的正是它做的事：把臉拉起來。
Wiktionary entry for facelift, etymology section "From face + lift." (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:801790218), supplied in the evidence packet
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東西的門面被拉一把
把「臉」讓給沒有臉的東西：房子有外牆，網站有版面，車子有外型。拉緊那一層，等於替它做拉皮。
noun · B2
Work or repairs done on a building or a place — painting, cleaning, new lights, new signs — that make it look newer and better. What the place is and what it is used for usually stay the same.
外觀翻新