Dictionary entry
masquerade party
noun
化妆舞会
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- 1.
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
In use
We attended a masquerade party last weekend, and everyone wore elaborate masks.
She spent hours choosing the perfect costume for the masquerade party.
The invitation said the masquerade party would start at eight o'clock.
attend a masquerade party
We attended a masquerade party on Halloween.
我们参加了万圣节的一个化妆舞会。
host a masquerade party
She hosted a masquerade party for her birthday.
她为生日举办了一个化妆舞会。
go to a masquerade party
Are you going to the masquerade party tonight?
你今晚要去化妆舞会吗？
Common mistakes
I went to masquerade party yesterday.I went to a masquerade party yesterday.
中文没有冠词概念，英语中可数名词单数前需要加不定冠词a或an，这里masquerade party是可数名词单数，所以要加a。
She was in a masquerade party.She was at a masquerade party.
表达参加派对时，英语用介词at而不用in，因为派对被视为事件或地点，in通常表示在物理空间内部。
Connections
Confusing words
- costume party
- 化妆舞会 · masquerade party 强调戴面具，costume party 更泛指穿着服装。
Word family
- masquerader
- 化装舞会参加者；戴面具的人 · noun
- masquerade costume
- 化装舞会服装 · noun
- masquerade mask
- 化装面具 · noun
Learner notes
Grammar Note
可数名词
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WORDNET.