masquerade
masquerade 英 [ˌmæskəˈreɪd] 美 [ˌmæskəˈred]
v. 化装；伪装 n. 伪装；化妆舞会
进行时:masquerading 过去式:masqueraded 过去分词:masqueraded 第三人称单数:masquerades 名词复数:masquerades
- To masquerade means "to pretend to be someone else." If you masquerade as a sweet, kind-hearted person, you present that image to the world, hiding your true identity as a jerk who has rage issues.
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- v. 化装；伪装
- n. 伪装；化妆舞会
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1. The stowaway masqueraded as a crew member.
偷渡者假扮成乘务员
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2. He might try to masquerade as a policeman.
他也许会设法化装成警察。
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3. She masqueraded as a shepherd.
她在假面舞会上化装成了牧羊人
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4. I have always been a sucker for a masquerade ball.
我对化妆舞会一直很狂热。
- masquerade (n.) 1590s, "assembly of people wearing masks and disguises," from French mascarade or Spanish mascarada "masked party or dance," from Italian mascarata "a ball at which masks are worn," variant of mascherata "masquerade," from maschera (see mask (n.)). Figurative sense of "false outward show" is from 1670s.
- masquerade (v.) 1650s, from masquerade (n.). Related: Masqueraded; masquerading.
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