| 单词 | potemkin village |
| 释义 | Potemkin village in American English a false front or facade Word origin after Potemkin, who it is said built fake villages to deceive Catherine the Great about his accomplishmentsPotemkin village in American Englishnoun a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition Also: Potemkin Village Word origin [1935–40; after Prince potëmkin, who allegedly had villages of cardboard constructed for Catherine II's visit tothe Ukraine and the Crimea in 1787]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, blitz, complementation, fluorocarbon, roomette |
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