单词 | to mask up |
释义 | > as lemmasto mask up to mask up a. transitive. To put a mask on (a person), esp. to cover, conceal, or protect the face or head; to cover with a mask (mask n.3 1, 3). Chiefly in passive. ΚΠ 1870 R. S. Wayland Legend of Maiden Rock iii. 64 Another [conjurer] had his head masked up all round With holes cut in the mask for him to see out. 1936 Liberty (N.Y.) 20 June 54/3 The whole tarnation lot of ye look like a bunch of kids masked up for Halloween. 1974 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 17/3 He had not gone on the first one [sc. robbery]..because he was known in the area and could not be ‘masked up’. 2020 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Aug. 16 Teachers need to be able to see the mouths of their charges in order to hold them to account for chatting, swearing and the like. Mask them up and teachers won't have a clue who said it. b. intransitive. To put on a mask, esp. to cover, conceal, or protect the face or head. ΚΠ 1923 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 24 July 7/1 We masked up with parts of an old white shirt of Hughes in the Cadillac. 1962 J. Brunner Iron Jackass in Analog Sci. Fact & Sci. Fiction Mar. 72/2 Marghem could put up with all the other inconveniences of living here; masking up to take even a short walk was the one which irritated him. 1968 Cosmopolitan Oct. 76/3 You see his kewpie-doll face everywhere—escorting Jacqueline Kennedy to plays, masking-up for Truman Capote's famous Plaza Ball, [etc.]. 1986 Sunday Tel. 7 Dec. (Mag.) 55/2 You don't have nurses now who insist on completely ‘masking up’ to go into Ward 5A. 2020 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Aug. d5/1 Whenever I mask up, I have to make two shoelace knots behind my head. < as lemmas |
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