英语词汇“masquerade”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

masquerademasquerade1 /ˌmæskəˈreɪd/ noun

ETYMOLOGYmasquerade¹

Origin: 1500-1600 French Old Italian mascarada, from maschera; ➔ MASK¹

1[countable] (also masquerade ball) a formal dance or party where people wear masks and unusual clothes2[countable, uncountable] a way of behaving or speaking that hides your true thoughts or feelings SYN pretense: She didn’t love him, but she kept up the masquerade for her children.

noun | verb

masquerademasquerade2 verb [intransitive]

VERB TABLE

masquerade

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	masquerade
	he, she, it	masquerades
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	masqueraded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have masqueraded
	he, she, it	has masqueraded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had masqueraded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will masquerade
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have masqueraded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am masquerading
	he, she, it	is masquerading
	you, we, they	are masquerading
Past	I, he, she, it	was masquerading
	you, we, they	were masquerading
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been masquerading
	he, she, it	has been masquerading
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been masquerading
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be masquerading
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been masquerading

to pretend to be something or someone different: masquerade as something Some of these breakfast foods are really candy masquerading as cereal.