单词 | charade |
释义 | charade /sheuh rayd"/; esp. Brit. /sheuh rahd"/, n. 1. charades, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess. 2. a word or phrase acted out in this game. 3. a blatant pretense or deception, esp. something so full of pretense as to be a travesty. [1770-80; < F < Pr charrad(o) entertainment, equiv. to charr(á) to chat, chatter (from imit. root) + -ado -ADE1] |
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