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Facade N Fə'Sɑ:D 建筑物的正面;(虚伪)外表 英 N.建筑物的正面(The Front Building

单词 facade
音标 [fə'sɑ:d]
解释 n. 建筑物的正面;(虚伪)外表
红宝书 【英】 n.建筑物的正面(the front of a building );
【记】 fac(=face正面)+ade →正面
【例】 a facade of honesty (装诚实的虚伪外表)
字源 facade (n.)
1650s, "front of a building," from French façade (16c.), from Italian facciata, from faccia "face," from Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Figurative use by 1845.
不择手段背单词 n. 建筑物的正面; (不真实的)外表
【例】the grim facts behind the facade of gaiety 欢乐外表后面的冷酷事实
【记】fac = face脸-正面, 外表
趣味全助记 【记】face 脸,面向→正面;face + ad 广告里的人脸,外表虚伪的,比如护扶霜的美女脸

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