Disguise



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.假扮; 掩饰
• ［英］ v.假扮 ( to make different from usual so as to be unrecognizable) ; 掩饰 ( to obscure real nature of)
• ［记］ dis+guise ( 姿态, 伪装) -> 掩饰, guise本身是一个单词

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (disguised; disguising)

• Etymology: Middle English disgisen, from Anglo-French desguiser, deguiser, from des- dis- + guise guise
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. to change the customary dress or appearance of
  • b. to furnish with a false appearance or an assumed identity
• 2. obsolete disfigure
• 3. to obscure the existence or true state or character of ; conceal <unable to disguise his true feelings>
• ? disguisedly adverb
• ? disguisement noun
• ? disguiser noun
• Synonyms:
  • disguise, cloak, mask mean to alter the dress or appearance of so as to conceal the identity or true nature. disguise implies a change in appearance or behavior that misleads by presenting a different apparent identity <disguised herself as a peasant>. cloak suggests a means of hiding a movement or an intention<cloaked their maneuvers in secrecy>. mask suggests some often obvious means of hiding or disguising something<smiling to mask his discontent>.

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. apparel assumed to conceal one's identity or counterfeit another's
• 2. the act of disguising
• 3.
  • a. form misrepresenting the true nature of something <blessings in disguise>
  • b. an artificial manner ; pretense <threw off all disguise>

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