mask
mask 英 [mɑ:sk] 美 [mæsk]
n. 面具；面罩； v. 掩饰；
进行时:masking 过去式:masked 过去分词:masked 第三人称单数:masks 名词复数:masks
- A mask is a disguise that covers just your face. Your Halloween costume might include a scary monster mask and a furry suit with a tail, or maybe you just wear that for fun.
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- n. 面具；面罩；
- v. 掩饰；
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1. a gas/surgical mask
防毒面具；医用口罩
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2. The kids were all wearing animal masks.
孩子们都戴着动物面具。
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3. a face mask
面膜
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4. Her face was a cold blank mask.
她装出一副冷冰冰毫无表情的样子。
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5. She masked her anger with a smile.
她用微笑来掩饰她的愤怒。
- mask (n.) 1530s, from Middle French masque "covering to hide or guard the face" (16c.), from Italian maschera, from Medieval Latin masca "mask, specter, nightmare," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Arabic maskharah "buffoon, mockery," from sakhira "be mocked, ridiculed." Or via Provençal mascarar, Catalan mascarar, Old French mascurer "to black (the face)," perhaps from a Germanic source akin to English mesh (q.v.). But compare Occitan mascara "to blacken, darken," derived from mask- "black," which is held to be from a pre-Indo-European language, and Old Occitan masco "witch," surviving in dialects; in Beziers it means "dark cloud before the rain comes." [See Walther von Wartburg, "Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch: Eine Darstellung galloromanischen sprachschatzes"]. Figurative use by 1570s.
- mask (v.) 1560s, "take part in a masquerade;" 1570s, "to disguise;" 1580s, "to wear a mask," from mask (n.). Figurative use by 1580s. Extended sense of "to disguise" is attested from 1847. Related: Masked; masking. Masking tape recorded from 1927; so called because it is used to block out certain surfaces before painting.
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