disguise
verb
noun
dɪsˈɡaɪz verb
1 to change someone’s appearance so that people cannot recognize them 装扮,假扮
disguise yourself as sb/sth
Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there.
或许你可以假扮成一个侍应混进去。
He escaped across the border disguised as a priest.
他装扮成神父越境逃走了。
2 to change the appearance, sound, taste etc of something so that people do not recognize it 掩盖,掩饰〔某物的外表、声音、口味等〕
There’s no way you can disguise that southern accent.
你是无法掩盖南方口音的。
disguise sth as sth
a letter bomb disguised as a musical greetings card
伪装成音乐贺卡的信件炸弹
3 to hide a fact or feeling so that people will not notice it 掩饰,掩盖〔事实或感情〕
Try as he might, Dan couldn’t disguise his feelings for Katie.
不论怎么努力,丹还是掩饰不住对凯蒂的感情。
disguise the fact (that)
There’s no disguising the fact that business is bad.
生意不好这个事实是无法掩盖的。
The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president.
许多人认为这场演说一眼就可以看出是对总统的攻击。
noun
4 something that you wear to change your appearance and hide who you are, or the act of wearing this 伪装物; 伪装 C,U
His disguise didn’t fool anyone.
他的伪装没能骗过任何人。
She wore dark glasses in an absurd attempt at disguise.
她为了伪装就可笑地戴了一副墨镜。
5
in disguise
a. wearing a disguise b. made to seem like something else that is better 经乔装打扮的〔使看起来似乎更好〕
The woman in the park turned out to be a police officer in disguise.
公园里的那个女人原来是一个化了装的警察。
‘Tax reform’ is just a tax increase in disguise.
“税务改革”只不过是打着改革旗号的增税。