Disguise People Recognize Disguised Appearance Change Wearing Fact
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English
**Disguise**
**Noun:**
1. An act of changing one's appearance to avoid recognition, or an item worn for this purpose.
- Example: "You'll have to travel in disguise..."
- Example: "He was wearing that ridiculous disguise..."
2. Figurative use meaning to appear as something else, often to conceal a true nature or intention.
- Example: "A vote for the Liberal Democrats is just a Labour vote in disguise."
**Verb:**
1. To alter one's appearance or adopt a different persona to avoid recognition.
- Example: "She disguised herself as a man so she could fight on the battlefield."
- Example: "The extremists entered the building disguised as medical workers..."
2. To conceal or hide something, making it appear different or less obvious.
- Example: "He made no attempt to disguise his agitation..."
- Example: "Their healthy image disguises the fact that they are highly processed foods..."
[N-VAR 可变名词]假装;装扮;伪装 If you are in disguise, you are not wearing your usual clothes or you have altered your appearance in other ways, so that people will not recognize you.
[oft in N]
You'll have to travel in disguise...
你只能乔装出行。
He was wearing that ridiculous disguise...
他一副滑稽的装扮。
She's adopted so many disguises her own mother wouldn't recognize her.
她如此乔装改扮,连她妈妈都认不出她了。
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[VERB 动词]假扮;化妆;乔装 If you disguise yourself, you put on clothes which make you look like someone else or alter your appearance in other ways, so that people will not recognize you.
[V pron-refl as n]
[Also V pron-refl]
She disguised herself as a man so she could fight on the battlefield.
她女扮男装,这样就可以上战场了。
disguised
The extremists entered the building disguised as medical workers...
极端分子伪装成医务工作者进入了大楼。
I was heavily disguised.
我从头到脚伪装了一番。
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[VERB 动词]掩盖;掩饰 To disguise something means to hide it or make it appear different so that people will not know about it or will not recognize it.
[V n]
He made no attempt to disguise his agitation...
他毫不掩饰自己的焦虑不安。
Their healthy image disguises the fact that they are highly processed foods...
它们看上去有益健康,实则掩盖了其为精加工食品这一事实。
I played along, and disguised my voice.
我将错就错,换了一副嗓子说话。
disguised
This is lust thinly disguised as love.
这表面是爱,其实是赤裸的欲望。
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Oxford
dis·guise/dɪsˈɡaɪz; NAmEdɪsˈɡaɪz/
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disguisedisguisesdisguiseddisguisingverb1to change your appearance so that people cannot recognize you 假扮;装扮;伪装disguisesb ◆The hijackers were heavily disguised.劫持者伪装得严严实实。disguisesb as sb/sth ◆They got in disguised as security guards.他们装扮成保安人员混了进去。disguiseyourself (as sb/sth) ◆She disguised herself as a boy.她女扮男装。2disguisesth to hide sth or change it, so that it cannot be recognized 掩蔽;掩饰SYN
conceal
◆She made no attempt to disguise her surprise.她没有掩饰自己惊奇的心情。◆It was a thinly disguisedattack on the President. 明眼人一下就能看出这是在攻击总统。◆She couldn't disguise the fact thatshe felt uncomfortable. 她无法掩饰她那不安的心情。☞synonyms at
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noun1[countable , uncountable ]a thing that you wear or use to change your appearance so that people do not recognize you 伪装物;化装用具◆She wore glasses and a wig as a disguise.她用眼镜和假发伪装起来。◆The star travelled in disguise(= wearing a disguise). 这位明星化了装去旅行。◆( figurative) A vote for the Liberal Democrats is just a Labour vote in disguise.投自由民主党的票不过是改头换面投工党的票。2[uncountable ]the art of changing your appearance so that people do not recognize you 假扮;装扮;伪装◆He is a master of disguise.他是伪装能手。IDIOMsee
1to change someone’s appearance so that people cannot recognize themdisguise yourself as somebody/something Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there. He escaped across the border disguised as a priest.► see thesaurus at
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2to change the appearance, sound, taste etc of something so that people do not recognize it: There’s no way you can disguise that southern accent.disguise something as something a letter bomb disguised as a musical greetings card3to hide a fact or feeling so that people will not notice it: Try as he might, Dan couldn’t disguise his feelings for Katie.disguise the fact (that)There’s no disguising the fact that business is bad. The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president.
disguise1 verb
disguise2 noun
disguisedisguise2 ●●○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] something that you wear to change your appearance and hide who you are, or the act of wearing this: His disguise didn’t fool anyone. She wore dark glasses in an absurd attempt at disguise.2in disguisea)wearing a disguise: The woman in the park turned out to be a police officer in disguise.b)made to seem like something else that is better: ‘Tax reform’ is just a tax increase in disguise. → blessing in disguise
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disguise
[dɪsˈgaɪz]disguised, disguising, disguises
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disguised[3413] disguises[1050] disguising[393]
伪装(61%),掩饰(27%),假装(8%),假扮(3%),伪装物(1%)
n.伪装;假装;用作伪装的东西
vt.掩饰;假装;隐瞒
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