mask
英 [mɑːsk]
美[mæsk]
- n. 面具；口罩；掩饰
- vi. 掩饰；戴面具；化装
- vt. 掩饰；戴面具；使模糊
词态变化
复数: masks;第三人称单数: masks;过去式: masked;过去分词: masked;现在分词: masking;
助记提示
1. m + ask =》外面雾霾很大，妈妈教我带上面具、口罩。
2. mask 【联系Mosaic马赛克】 面具 => mask 谐音也很像“马赛克”。
2. mask 【联系Mosaic马赛克】 面具 => mask 谐音也很像“马赛克”。
中文词源
mask 面具，面罩
来自中古法语masque,护脸，面罩，来自拉丁语masca,面具，鬼怪，幽灵。词源不确定，可能来自PIE*mask,黑色的，涂黑，并由该词引申词义巫师，术士等，见mascot.或来自mesh,网，网状物，并引申词义面纱，后来用于指面具，面罩。
英英释意
- 1. a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- 2. activity that tries to conceal something;
- "no mask could conceal his ignorance"
- "they moved in under a mask of friendship"
- 3. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- 4. a protective covering worn over the face
英文词源
- mask
- mask: [16] Mask may be of Arabic origin. The word maskharah ‘buffoon’ has been postulated as the source of Italian maschera, from which, via French masque, English got mask. In modern English, the word is largely restricted to ‘face covering’, but a range of other senses developed during the 16th and 17th centuries, including ‘masked ball’ and ‘allegorical dramatic entertainment’, which are now lumped together under the French spelling masque. The derivative masquerade [16] was borrowed from French mascarade, with the spelling of masque later grafted on to it.
=> masque, masquerade - mask (n.)
- 1530s, from Middle French masque "covering to hide or guard the face" (16c.), from Italian maschera, from Medieval Latin masca "mask, specter, nightmare," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Arabic maskharah "buffoon, mockery," from sakhira "be mocked, ridiculed." Or via Provençal mascarar, Catalan mascarar, Old French mascurer "to black (the face)," perhaps from a Germanic source akin to English mesh (q.v.). But compare Occitan mascara "to blacken, darken," derived from mask- "black," which is held to be from a pre-Indo-European language, and Old Occitan masco "witch," surviving in dialects; in Beziers it means "dark cloud before the rain comes." [See Walther von Wartburg, "Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch: Eine Darstellung galloromanischen sprachschatzes"]. Figurative use by 1570s.
- mask (v.)
- 1560s, "take part in a masquerade;" 1570s, "to disguise;" 1580s, "to wear a mask," from mask (n.). Figurative use by 1580s. Extended sense of "to disguise" is attested from 1847. Related: Masked; masking. Masking tape recorded from 1927; so called because it is used to block out certain surfaces before painting.
同义词辨析
disguise, mask, cloak
这些动词均表示"伪装"或"掩饰"之意。
disguise： 指改变装束或外表以掩饰自己的真面目或冒充他人。有时仅指掩饰感情、动机或意图。
mask： 本义为"面罩"，引申"掩饰"解时，指掩饰某物的真实性质或存在的伪装。
cloak： 指采取伪装来掩盖或隐藏真实面目或本性或企图。
考试真题
- Saddest of all is when children catch a glimpse of the masked fire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- Why do some children trapped in a burning building hide from masked fire fighters
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- He provides oxygen masks to children free of charge.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- But national data masks the very large variation in the performance of individual universities.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- It masks the fatal weaknesses of government policy
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- But, increasingly, this apparent diversity is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
- It is certain that the Census procedures, which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with "'non-store retailers" like food trucks, can mask major changes in individual retail categories.
2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- I just heard the bank where Dora works was robbed by a gunman wearing a mask.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文
- Overall, Europe’s wholesale market for food and drink is growing at the same sluggish pace as the retail market, but the figures, when added together, mask two opposing trends.
出自-2010年考研阅读原文
- overall, Europe's wholesale market for food and drink is growing at the same sluggish pace as the retail market, but the figures, when added together, mask two opposing trends.
2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- a gas/surgical mask
- 防毒面具；医用口罩
牛津词典
- The robbers were wearing stocking masks.
- 强盗戴着长筒袜面罩。
牛津词典
- The kids were all wearing animal masks.
- 孩子们都戴着动物面具。
牛津词典
- a face mask
- 面膜
牛津词典
- He longed to throw off the mask of respectability.
- 他渴望丢掉那副道貌岸然的伪装。
牛津词典
- Her face was a cold blank mask.
- 她装出一副冷冰冰毫无表情的样子。
牛津词典
- She masked her anger with a smile.
- 她用微笑来掩饰她的愤怒。
牛津词典
- The gunman, whose mask had slipped, fled.
- 面罩掉落的持枪歹徒逃之夭夭了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...actors wearing masks.
- 戴面具的演员们
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You must wear goggles and a mask that will protect you against the fumes...
- 为了免受烟雾危害，你必须戴上护目镜和面罩。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She wore a surgical mask and rubber gloves while she worked with the samples.
- 她处理样品的时候戴着手术口罩和橡胶手套。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His mask of detachment cracked, and she saw for an instant an angry and violent man.
- 他冷静超然的伪装破碎了，一瞬间她的面前出现了一个愤怒而又狂暴的男人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This mask leaves your complexion feeling soft and supple.
- 这种面膜能使你的皮肤变得柔软细嫩。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Dena lit a cigarette, trying to mask her agitation.
- 德娜点燃了一根烟，试图掩饰不安。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A thick grey cloud masked the sun...
- 一片厚厚的乌云遮住了太阳。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Too much salt masks the true flavour of the food...
- 太多的盐会盖住食物本来的味道。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Use the standard subnet mask for a class C network, 255.255.255.0.
- 使用标准的子网路遮罩作为一个类别C网路, 255.255.255.0.
期刊摘选
- Directions: Wet face . Leave face wet, the Self Heating Moisture Mask activated by water.
- 简单的弄湿面颊, 将自热保湿面膜敷在面上,面膜立即敷热面颊.
期刊摘选
- Group picture outside the mask as well as exquisite glass frame, unique crosses several.
- 组画外面罩以精致的玻璃框架, 别具情致.
期刊摘选
- The sleep mask that can moisturize nourish and repair your skin overnight.
- 保湿滋养修护在一夜之间同步完成的睡眠面膜.
期刊摘选
- In people's view, mask is both holy and portent, and thus mask taboo comes into being.
- 面具在一般人的心目中, 是神灵、魂、先的化身和载体,它既是神圣之物,也是危险 、 祥之物,由此产生了对面具的禁忌.
期刊摘选
- The old man laughed and took out a mask.
- 这位老人大笑,然后拿出一个面具.
期刊摘选