| 单词 | mask |
| 释义 | Word Frequency mask(mɑːsk) noun 1. any covering for the whole or a part of the face worn for amusement, protection, disguise, etc 2. a fact, action, etc, that conceals something his talk was a mask for his ignorance 3. another name for masquerade 4. a likeness of a face or head, either sculpted or moulded, such as a death mask 5. an image of a face worn by an actor, esp in ancient Greek and Roman drama, in order to symbolize the character being portrayed 6. a variant spelling of masque 7. surgery a sterile gauze covering for the nose and mouth worn esp during operations to minimize the spread of germs 8. sport a protective covering for the face worn for fencing, ice hockey, etc 9. a carving in the form of a face or head, used as an ornament 10. a natural land feature or artificial object which conceals troops, etc, from view 11. a device placed over the nose and mouth to facilitate or prevent inhalation of a gas 12. photography a shield of paper, paint, etc, placed over an area of unexposed photographic surface to stop light falling on it 13. electronics a thin sheet of material from which a pattern has been cut, placed over a semiconductor chip so that an integrated circuit can be formed on the exposed areas 14. computing a bit pattern which, by convolution with a second pattern in a logical operation, can be used to isolate a specific subset of the second pattern for examination 15. entomology a large prehensile mouthpart (labium) of the dragonfly larva 16. the face or head of an animal, such as a fox, or the dark coloration of the face of some animals, such as Siamese cats and certain dogs 17. another word for face pack 18. rare a person wearing a mask verb 19. to cover with or put on a mask 20. (transitive) to conceal; disguise to mask an odour 21. (transitive) photography to shield a particular area of (an unexposed photographic surface) in order to preventor reduce the action of light there 22. (transitive) to shield a particular area of (a surface to be painted) with masking tape 23. (transitive) to cover (cooked food, esp meat) with a savoury sauce or glaze 24. a Scottish variant of mash (sense 8) Derived forms masklike (ˈmaskˌlike) adjective Word origin C16: from Italian maschera, ultimately from Arabic maskharah clown, from sakhira mockery |
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