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- a false show or pretence伪装, 假装; 欺骗：
he had unwillingly gone along with the masquerade.
他很不情愿地参与了骗局。
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- mass noun the wearing of disguise化装：
dressing up, role playing, and masquerade.
乔装打扮, 角色扮演和化装。
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- a masked ball假面舞会。
no obj.
1- pretend to be someone one is not假装, 假扮：
a journalist masquerading as a man in distress.
一个假扮成穷困潦倒者的记者。
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- be disguised or passed off as something else冒充：
the idle gossip that masquerades as news in some local papers.
地方报中冒充成新闻的闲言碎语。
派生词
masquerader
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from French mascarade, from Italian mascherata, from maschera 'mask'.