mask
面罩,面具,掩码,掩饰
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Definitions
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- : 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.
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- : 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.
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- : to put on a mask; disguise oneself.
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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.