masquerade / ˌmæs kəˈreɪd /

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masquerade2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  2. a costume or disguise worn at such a gathering.
  3. false outward show; façade; pretense: a hypocrite's masquerade of virtue.
  4. activity, existence, etc., under false pretenses: a rich man's masquerade as a beggar.
v. 无主动词 verb

mas·quer·ad·ed, mas·quer·ad·ing.

  1. to go about under false pretenses or a false character; assume the character of; give oneself out to be: to masquerade as a former Russian count.
  2. to disguise oneself.
  3. to take part in a masquerade.

masquerade 近义词

n. 名词 noun

disguise; social occasion for disguises

v. 动词 verb

disguise

更多masquerade例句

  1. “If near-misses masquerade as successes, then organizations and their members will only learn to continue taking the risks that produced the near-miss outcome until a tragedy occurs,” the researchers wrote.
  2. They refused to question Modi, and allowed him to use a national disaster to bolster his image, consolidate power, stifle dissent and masquerade grandstanding as governance.
  3. It builds to a masquerade ball, in which Not Harry and the women don masks and commence flirting.
  4. They masquerade as intellectual contests, but are really just showcases for rhetorical cleverness and public charisma.
  5. He was supposed to come back to “masquerade the relationship,” but no such luck.
  6. Hough would have blended in seamlessly at the “Disco Africa”-themed Halloweek masquerade party held in Milan that same night.
  7. He escorts her to masquerade parties, takes her sailing on his yacht, force-feeds her oysters.
  8. "I'm in a big hurry to get to a masquerade," Black Hood said as he opened the door of the taxi.
  9. It is you that have injured her by allowing her to masquerade as a man—a little thing like that, with nobody to advise her.
  10. All the shabbiest tinsel and trappings of secular music passed across the trestles of this religious masquerade.
  11. Between times I'm making a dress and cap for the masquerade dance.
  12. It was a game, but he rejoiced in it as a girl does in her first masquerade.