masquerade

noun

🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/, 🔊/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd/

🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/

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(formal) a way of behaving that hides the truth or a person’s true feelings掩藏；掩饰
- He was tired of the masquerade and wanted the truth to come out.他厌倦了化装舞会，并希望真相大白。
(especially North American English) a type of party where people wear special costumes and masks over their faces, to hide their identities 化装舞会；假面舞会

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French mascarade, from Italian mascherata, from maschera ‘mask’.

verb

🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/, 🔊/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd/

🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/

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Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they masquerade	🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/, 🔊/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd/ 🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/
he / she / it masquerades	🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdz/, 🔊/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdz/ 🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdz/
past simple masqueraded	🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/, 🔊/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪd/ 🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/
past participle masqueraded	🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/, 🔊/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪd/ 🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪd/
-ing form masquerading	🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪŋ/, 🔊/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌmæskəˈreɪdɪŋ/

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masquerade as something to pretend to be something that you are not假扮；乔装；伪装
- commercial advertisers masquerading as private individuals乔装成普通百姓的商业广告商
- (figurative) The local paper is full of gossip masquerading as news.这份地方报纸尽是些包装成新闻的流言蜚语。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French mascarade, from Italian mascherata, from maschera ‘mask’.