charade
/ʃəˈrɑːd/noun
1- an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance装模作样。
1.1
charades
a game in which players guess a word or phrase from a written or acted clue given for each syllable and for the whole item（以书写或动作表示每个音节和整体的线索, 让参与者来猜字或短语的）猜词游戏, 字谜游戏。
词源
late 18th cent.: from French， from modern Provençal charrado 'conversation'， from charra 'chatter'， perhaps of imitative origin.