- To camouflage is to disguise, and a camouflage is that which disguises — like the leaf-colored and patterned uniforms worn by soldiers who want to blend in with their natural surroundings.
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- n. 伪装,掩饰
- vt. 伪装,掩饰
- vi. 伪装起来
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1. a camouflage jacket (= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers)
迷彩夹克衫
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2. troops dressed in camouflage
穿迷彩服的军队
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3. Her angry words were camouflage for the way she felt.
她以气愤的言辞掩盖自己的真实感情。
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4. The soldiers camouflaged themselves with leaves.
士兵用树叶来伪装自己。
- camouflage 1917, noun, verb, and adjective, from French camoufler, Parisian slang, "to disguise," from Italian camuffare "to disguise," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps a contraction of capo muffare "to muffle the head." Probably altered in French by influence of French camouflet "puff of smoke, smoke puffed into a sleeper's face" (itself of unknown origin) on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting.
cam·ou·flage / ˈkæməflɑːʒ ; NAmE ˈkæməflɑːʒ / noun , verb camouflage camouflages camouflaged camouflaging noun 1 [uncountable ] a way of hiding soldiers and military equipment, using paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of their surroundings (军事上的)伪装,隐蔽 ◆ a camouflage jacket (= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers) 迷彩夹克衫 ◆ troops dressed in camouflage 穿迷彩服的军队 2 [uncountable , singular ] the way in which an animal's colour or shape matches its surroundings and makes it difficult to see (动物的)保护色,保护形状 3 [uncountable , singular ] behaviour that is deliberately meant to hide the truth 隐瞒 ◆ Her angry words were camouflage for the way she felt. 她以气愤的言辞掩盖自己的真实感情。 verb camouflagesth (with sth) to hide sb/sth by making them or it look like the things around, or like sth else 伪装;掩饰 ◆ The soldiers camouflaged themselves with leaves. 士兵用树叶来伪装自己。 ◆ Her size was camouflaged by the long loose dress she wore. 她穿的那件宽松长裙遮掩了她身材的大小。 ☞synonyms at hide cam·ou·flage / ˈkæməflɑːʒ ; NAmE ˈkæməflɑːʒ /
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