charade
charade
英[ʃəˈrɑ:d]美[ʃəˈreɪd]
n.易识破的伪装,看手势猜字谜游戏,哑剧字谜;
复数:charades;
例句
She struggled to maintain the charade of not being afraid.她竭力装出不害怕的样子。
He wasn’t really upset—his behaviour was just a charade.他并不是真正心绪烦乱——他的行为只是荒谬的伪装。
I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态.
Yossarian was unmoved by the fustian charade of the burial ceremony ( Joseph Heller )约萨仁丝毫不为葬礼上浮夸的象征性仪式所激动 ( 约瑟夫赫勒 )
He wasn't really upset — his behaviour was just a charade.他并不是真正心绪烦乱——他的行为只是荒谬的伪装.
Their whole marriage had been a charade—they had never loved each other.他们的整个婚姻都是在做戏—他们从未相爱过。
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade.我不明白,他为什么要大费周章,装腔作势。
The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...我不明白,他为什么要大费周章,装腔作势。
同义词
charade的同义词之:
pretensemovement柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
明显的做作;一眼看穿的伪装
If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
例句
I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...我不明白,他为什么要大费周章,装腔作势。The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。N-UNCOUNT
看手势猜字谜游戏
Charades is a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase.
例句
She and her three brothers played charades.她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。英汉词典释义
n.
伪装
He wasn’t really upset—his behaviour was just a charade.他并不是真正心绪烦乱——他的行为只是荒谬的伪装。She struggled to maintain the charade of not being afraid.她竭力装出不害怕的样子。I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。猜字游戏
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
2. a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades