Mask

[mɑːsk] or [mæsk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) activity that tries to conceal something; 'no mask could conceal his ignorance'; 'they moved in under a mask of friendship'.

(noun.) a covering to disguise or conceal the face.

(noun.) a protective covering worn over the face.

(verb.) put a mask on or cover with a mask; 'Mask the children for Halloween'.

(verb.) shield from light.

(verb.) cover with a sauce; 'mask the meat'.

手打:威尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

(n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

(n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.

(n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

(n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.

(n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

(n.) A screen for a battery.

(n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

(v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

(v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.

(v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

(v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.

(v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

(v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.

整理:纳特

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Cover (for the face), veil, visor, cloak, screen, blind, disguise.[2]. Subterfuge, evasion, trick, shift, pretence, pretext, plea.[3]. Masquerade, revel, piece of mummery.

v. a. [1]. Put a mask on.[2]. Disguise, conceal, hide, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, cover.

桃瑞丝整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Hide, screen, blink, cloke, disguise

ANT:Expose, unmask, detect

SYN:Pretext, screen, pretence, ruse, cover, hypocrisy

ANT:Truth, nakedness, detection, exposure, unmasking, verity, openness, candor

校對:路易丝

解釋/意思:

v.t. (Scot.) to steep infuse.—v.i. to be infusing.

n. anything disguising or concealing the face: anything that disguises: a pretence: a masquerade: a former kind of dramatic spectacle in which actors personified mythological deities shepherdesses &c.: a representation or impression of a face in any material as in marble plaster &c.: a fox's head.—v.t. to cover the face with a mask: to hide.—v.i. to join in a mask or masquerade: to be disguised in any way: to revel.—n. Mas′caron (archit.) a grotesque face on door-knockers spouts &c.—adj. Masked wearing a mask concealed.—ns. Masked′-ball a ball in which the dancers wear masks; Mask′er one who wears a mask.—Masked battery (see Battery).

整理:露丝