Word · Frequency #18650
masquerade
化装舞会；假面舞会
A party where guests wear masks and elaborate costumes.
指活动、聚会，不指服装。
- 1.
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
化装舞会:人们戴着(通常精致或奇特的)面具和服装,以跳舞、交谈或其他娱乐自娱的集会或聚会。
- 2.
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
化装舞会
- 3.
The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
化装行为:为化装舞会或类似场合戴面具或穿服装的行为。
- 4.
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
化装舞会服装
- 5.
An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
伪装；掩饰:以虚假或虚幻的表象掩盖某事物；伪装,借口；也指炫耀。
- 6.
making a false outward show
伪装
- 7.
An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
杂集:各种(常为奇特的)事物的集合。
伪装；假面具；虚假外表；化装舞会服装；化装面具；化装；戴面具装扮；五花八门的汇集；奇特的杂集；化装舞会:人们戴着(通常精致或奇特的)面具和服装,以跳舞、交谈或其他娱乐自娱的集会或聚会。
In use
She wore a stunning peacock costume to the masquerade last night.
The annual masquerade ball is the highlight of the carnival season.
Many attendees at the masquerade kept their identities hidden behind elaborate masks.
a beggar's masquerade of wealth
hold a masquerade
常用搭配，表示举办化装舞会。
They held a masquerade on New Year's Eve.
他们在除夕夜举办了一场化装舞会。
a masquerade of [sth]
表示某种假象或伪装。
His apology was a masquerade of sincerity.
他的道歉是真诚的伪装。
Connections
Collocations
- masquerade ball
- 化装舞会；假面舞会
- She wore a Venetian mask to the masquerade ball.她戴着威尼斯面具去参加化装舞会。
- masquerade costume
- 化装舞会服装
- He spent weeks making his masquerade costume.他花了几周时间制作他的化装舞会服装。
- masquerade mask
- 化装舞会面具
- The store sells colorful masquerade masks.这家商店出售五颜六色的化装舞会面具。
- political masquerade
- 政治伪装
- The election was a political masquerade, not a real choice.这次选举是一场政治伪装，而非真正的选择。
- elaborate masquerade
- 精心伪装的场面
- Their apology was an elaborate masquerade designed to hide the truth.他们的道歉是一场精心伪装的表演，旨在掩盖真相。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
开头 masque 像 mask（面具），想象戴华丽面具跳舞的化装舞会，就是 masquerade。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：themed party or event、formal writing and literature、describing disguise or pretense 本词作名词时，最常见的意思是“人们戴面具、穿特殊服装参加的聚会或舞会”，在这一义项上口语和书面语都比较常用；表示“伪装、掩饰”时则多出现在正式或文学性表达中。平时需根据上下文判断具体指哪一个义项。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with the stressed final syllable of masquerade /ˌmæskɝˈeɪd/, pronounced /eɪd/. Beware the lookalike façade /fəˈsɑːd/, whose -ade is pronounced /ɑːd/, and also comrade, often /ˈkɑːmræd/, which does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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