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disguisement

/dis-gahyz, dih-skahyz/US // dɪsˈgaɪz, dɪˈskaɪz //UK // (dɪsˈɡaɪz) //

伪装,掩饰,掩盖,变相

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v.有主动词 verb
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    dis·guised, dis·guis·ing.

    • : to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
    • : to conceal or cover up the truth or actual character of by a counterfeit form or appearance; misrepresent: to disguise one's intentions.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : that which disguises; something that serves or is intended for concealment of identity, character, or quality; a deceptive covering, condition, manner, etc.: Noble words can be the disguise of base intentions.
    • : the makeup, mask, costume, or overall changed appearance of an entertainer: a clown's disguise.
    • : the act of disguising: to speak without disguise.
    • : the state of being disguised; masquerade: The gods appeared in disguise.

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Examples

  • He mentioned on Football Night in America that losing Dak might be a “blessing in disguise.”

  • The historian Kim Phillips-Fein thinks this may be at least a small blessing in disguise.

  • A new normal of a mere 100 guests, to begin with, was not something many couples could have imagined, but is a change that they see as a blessing in disguise.

  • In August, Logically helped alert Utah officials to the fact that an anti-sex-trafficking event was actually a QAnon march in disguise, leading to its permit being revoked.

  • In that sense, the reduced supply of khat — even without a formal ban — has been a blessing in disguise, says Somali anti-khat campaigner Abukar Awale, who is backing a petition to Somalia’s government that seeks to make the drug illegal.

  • And Pope Alexander VI had the painter Pinturicchio disguise his mistress as the Virgin Mary in one fresco.

  • Tumid and unstoppable, there is little that new wallpaper or re-poured driveways can do to disguise it.

  • Maybe, then, the Hathahate phenomenon is a blessing in disguise.

  • Roberts and the Republicans are trying to portray the independent as a Barack Obama supporter who is just a Democrat in disguise.

  • Rivers, it had emerged, had told them she was Ruth Madoff in disguise, and not to speak to her or approach her when she walked in.

  • Napoleon landed at Elba at an early hour in disguise, with a sergeant's company of marines.

  • It was a habit with him to disguise himself in ordinary clothing and then to go out and mingle with the common people.

  • In short, I shall begin life all over again—as if I were a criminal in disguise instead of the sport of circumstances.

  • But then who is there that can bear so total a disguise as filth and untidiness spread over a woman?

  • Isn't that Squid Murphy over there in the corner, trying to disguise himself as a corner of that safe?