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mask

/mask, mahsk/US // mæsk, mɑsk //UK // (mɑːsk) //

面罩,面具,掩码,掩饰

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
    • : a grotesque or humorous false face worn at a carnival, masquerade, etc.: Halloween masks.
    • : Also called swim mask. a device consisting typically of a transparent glass or plastic panel fitted into a flexible rubber gasket that fits snugly around the eyes, over the cheeks, and usually over the nose: used by skin divers.
    • : anything that disguises or conceals; disguise; pretense: His politeness is a mask for his fundamentally malicious personality.
    • : a likeness of a face, as one molded on the face in plaster.Compare death mask, life mask.
    • : a covering of wire, gauze, etc., to protect the face, as from splinters, dust, or a pitched ball.
    • : gas mask.
    • : any protective covering for the face or head.
    • : any protective covering, as paper, cardboard, plastic, or the like, used for masking an area of something, as of a photograph or window.
    • : the dark shading on the muzzle of certain dogs.
    • : a representation of a face or head, generally grotesque, used as an architectural ornament or as a decorative device in weaponry, furniture, etc.
    • : a person wearing a mask; masker.
    • : masque.
    • : Also masque. a cosmetic cream, gel, paste, or the like, that is applied to the face and allowed to remain for a short time before being removed and is used for tightening, cleansing, refreshing, or lubricating the skin.
    • : a piece of cloth, silk, or plastic material covering the face of an actor to symbolize the character being represented: used in Greek and Roman drama and in some modern plays.
    • : the face or head, as of a fox.
    • : Electronics. a type of stencil applied to the surface of a semiconductor to permit selective etching or deposition: used in the manufacture of integrated circuits by photolithography.
    • : Fortification. a screen, as of earth or brush, for concealing or protecting a battery or any military operation.
    • : Also called braker. Shipbuilding. a sliding timber construction braced against the stern of a hull being launched to keep it from entering the water too rapidly.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to disguise or conceal; hide; dissemble: to mask one's intentions.
    • : to cover or conceal with a mask.
    • : to cover or shield a part of in order to prevent reproduction or to protect the surface from the colors used, as in working with an air brush or in painting.
    • : Fortification. to conceal from the enemy.
    • : to hinder, as an army, from conducting an operation.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put on a mask; disguise oneself.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfalse face, cover
Forms: masked, masking
verbdisguise
Forms: masked, masking

Examples

  • Danielle Schumann, a Target corporate spokeswoman, said Target requires shoppers to wear masks inside stores.

  • Biden is leading by example — which is the reason he wears a mask.

  • Take, for example, wearing face masks — something many Americans are still not doing.

  • Still, only 34 states and the District of Columbia have universal mask mandates, and many of those mandates didn’t begin until the summer months.

  • Before designing its own masks, Apple provided employees with standard cloth masks.

  • A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.

  • Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.

  • In fact, what this map really showed was the fallacy of aggregates – and how statistics can mask real cultural shifts.

  • Onion routers refers to the TOR network, a system that allows users to mask their location and communicate anonymously online.

  • One gets the sense that they are wearing a mask to confuse their readers, and even to evade them.

  • For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.

  • He laid it upon the floor, and took out a plaster mask, and brushing and blowing off the saw-dust, held it up.

  • I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.

  • He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.

  • Aristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.