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单词 facade
释义

facade

or fa·çade

[ fuh-sahd, fa- ]
/ fəˈsɑd, fæ- /
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noun

Architecture.
  1. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one.
  2. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth.

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Origin of facade

1650–60; <French <Upper Italian faciada,Italian facciata, equivalent to facci(a) face + -ata-ade1

Words nearby facade

fabular, fabulate, fabulist, fabulous, fac., facade, facadism, FACCP, FACD, face, face-ache
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British Dictionary definitions for facade

façade

facade

/ (fəˈsɑːd, fæ-) /

noun

the face of a building, esp the main front
a front or outer appearance, esp a deceptive one

Word Origin for façade

C17: from French, from Italian facciata, from faccia face
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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