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camouflage n./v.掩饰，伪装 camouflage 1917, noun, verb, and adjective, from French camoufler, Parisian slang, "to disguise," from Italian camuffare "to disguise," of uncertain origin, perhaps a contraction of capo muffare "to muffle the head." Probably altered by influence of French camouflet "puff of smoke," on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting.Since the war started the POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY has published photographs of big British and French field pieces covered with shrubbery, railway trains "painted out" of the landscape, and all kinds of devices to hide the guns, trains, and the roads from the eyes of enemy aircraft.Until recently there was no one word in any language to explain this war trick. Sometimes a whole paragraph was required to explain this military practice. Hereafter one word, a French word, will save all this needless writing and reading. Camouflage is the new word, and it means "fooling the enemy." ["Popular Science Monthly," August 1917] 【记】camp + flag 营地 旗子； 实际上是个伪装军营重地

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['kæmuflɑ:ʒ] 【英】 n./ v. 掩饰，伪装(to disguise in order to conceal)【考】 camouflage : deception / flattery : ingratiating(伪装是为了欺骗/奉 承是为了讨好)disguise : identification / camouflage : detection(掩饰是为了防止认出 /伪装是为了防止发现)mimicry : camouflage / mutation : variation(拟态是伪装/突变是 变化)【例】 Many animals have a natural camouflage which hides them from their enemies n. /v. (为了不被敌人觉察)掩饰, 伪装 = disguise(比如用动物保护色和米彩服)【例】The military vehicle was camouflaged 军车被伪装起来了.【记】camou = camera(n 照相机)掩饰的象照片一样.【类】camouflage: deception = flattery: ingratiating伪装是一种欺骗 = 奉承是一种讨好disguise: identification = camouflage: detection = malinger: duty掩饰防止被认出 = 伪装防止被发现 = 装病防止担任职务mimicry: camouflage = mutation: variation拟态是一种伪装 = 突变是一种变化

单词	camouflage
音标	['kæmuflɑ:ʒ]
解释	n./v.掩饰，伪装
红宝书	【英】 n./ v. 掩饰，伪装(to disguise in order to conceal) 【考】 camouflage : deception / flattery : ingratiating(伪装是为了欺骗/奉承是为了讨好)disguise : identification / camouflage : detection(掩饰是为了防止认出 /伪装是为了防止发现)mimicry : camouflage / mutation : variation(拟态是伪装/突变是变化) 【例】 Many animals have a natural camouflage which hides them from their enemies
字源	camouflage 1917, noun, verb, and adjective, from French camoufler, Parisian slang, "to disguise," from Italian camuffare "to disguise," of uncertain origin, perhaps a contraction of capo muffare "to muffle the head." Probably altered by influence of French camouflet "puff of smoke," on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting. Since the war started the POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY has published photographs of big British and French field pieces covered with shrubbery, railway trains "painted out" of the landscape, and all kinds of devices to hide the guns, trains, and the roads from the eyes of enemy aircraft. Until recently there was no one word in any language to explain this war trick. Sometimes a whole paragraph was required to explain this military practice. Hereafter one word, a French word, will save all this needless writing and reading. Camouflage is the new word, and it means "fooling the enemy." ["Popular Science Monthly," August 1917]
不择手段背单词	n. /v. (为了不被敌人觉察)掩饰, 伪装 = disguise(比如用动物保护色和米彩服) 【例】The military vehicle was camouflaged 军车被伪装起来了. 【记】camou = camera(n 照相机)掩饰的象照片一样. 【类】camouflage: deception = flattery: ingratiating伪装是一种欺骗 = 奉承是一种讨好disguise: identification = camouflage: detection = malinger: duty掩饰防止被认出 = 伪装防止被发现 = 装病防止担任职务mimicry: camouflage = mutation: variation拟态是一种伪装 = 突变是一种变化
趣味全助记	【记】camp + flag 营地旗子；实际上是个伪装军营重地

Camouflage French War Word Deception Identification Disguise British