| 词汇 | disguise |
| 释义 | disguise verb[ T ] uk /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ us /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ B2 to give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form: 给…化装，给…乔装打扮；将…伪装起来 disguise yourselfHe disguised himself by wearing a false beard.他粘上假胡须伪装自己。 Minor skin imperfections can usually be disguised with a spot of make-up.微小的皮肤瑕疵通常可以用化妆品来掩盖。 We tried to disguise the fact that it was just a school hall by putting up coloured lights and balloons.我们挂上彩灯和气球，不想让人看出这里实际上只是一个学校礼堂。 C2 to hide an opinion, a feeling, etc.: 掩饰，隐藏（观点、感受等） I couldn't disguise my disappointment.我无法掩饰自己的失望。 "Well, I have shown you how to do this before, " she said, unable to disguise her impatience. Strenuous efforts were made throughout the war to disguise the scale of civilian casualties.整个战争期间，政府都在煞费苦心地掩盖平民的伤亡程度。 She has had a lot of cosmetic surgery in an attempt to disguise her age. My friend rang me up at the office and tried to disguise her voice, but I knew it was her. The journalist disguised himself as a waiter in order to get into the celebrity party. Hiding and disguising be holed upidiom booby trap camo camouflaged cloak drown fig leaf hole up (somewhere) illusion illusionistically illusively illusorily lurk secrete shroud shut someone/something out sidle skulk smokescreen stash disguise noun[ C or U ] uk /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ us /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ B2 something that someone wears to hide their true appearance: 化装用具（服饰）；用于伪装的东西 He put on a large hat and glasses as a disguise and hoped no one would recognize him.他戴上大帽子和眼镜来伪装自己，希望没人会认出他来。 in disguise B2 If people, objects, or activities are in disguise, they appear to be something that they are not, especially intentionally: 伪装，化装 She usually goes out in disguise to avoid being bothered by the public.她外出时通常都要化装，以免受到公众的打扰。 Hiding and disguising be holed upidiom booby trap camo camouflaged cloak drown fig leaf hole up (somewhere) illusion illusionistically illusively illusorily lurk secrete shroud shut someone/something out sidle skulk smokescreen stash disguise | American Dictionarydisguise verb[ T ] us/dɪsˈɡɑɪz/ to give a new appearance to a person or thing, esp. in order to hide its true form: His mask doesn’t disguise his identity. I think Mom could disguise her voice better than you could disguise yours. To disguise an opinion, feeling, etc., is to hide it: I couldn’t disguise my unhappiness at this decision. disguisenoun[ C/U ]us/dɪsˈɡɑɪz/ [ U ]In Shakespeare’s plays, many characters appear in disguise. Examples of disguisedisguise With pretense, disguise, and unreflective belief in disinterested philosophical analysis, philosophers can easily objectify the interests of certain power groups, whether scientific or political. In the initial stages a degree of nationalistic euphoria disguised a series of political tensions. It is also a building which wears a mask to disguise the social power which it exerts through its programme. In short, the spectator remains unusually conscious of the relationship between performance and pretence, between disguise and deceit. Narratives are seen, then, both as rhetorical ploys (disguising genuine selves) and as the very thing that guarantees our ability to have selves. Although not very visible yet, this increased level of publicness could become a blessing in disguise. In addition, students gave professors customary presents on special occasions; these gifts, which could be quite onerous, were not disguised payments. These concepts and principles are not merely philosophical niceties disguising a sort of policy machine. But does privatization resolve the present problems or is it merely a devil in disguise? The rather vague title disguises an important volume which examines ethics and morals of palaeontological collecting. The term internalization is but a slightly disguised synonym of ingestion. The indirect speech act represents the speaker's real intention and the direct serves as a disguise. Some of these expenses may disguise sources of income. In other words, under a high degree of media openness, it becomes very unlikely that states' capability and resolve can be misrepresented or disguised. The mask has been described as a disguise which, layer after layer, increasingly conceals the ' timeless ' personality beneath. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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