disguisement
伪装,掩饰,掩盖,变相
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Definitions
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dis·guised, dis·guis·ing.
- : to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- : to conceal or cover up the truth or actual character of by a counterfeit form or appearance; misrepresent: to disguise one's intentions.
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- : that which disguises; something that serves or is intended for concealment of identity, character, or quality; a deceptive covering, condition, manner, etc.: Noble words can be the disguise of base intentions.
- : the makeup, mask, costume, or overall changed appearance of an entertainer: a clown's disguise.
- : the act of disguising: to speak without disguise.
- : the state of being disguised; masquerade: The gods appeared in disguise.
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Examples
He mentioned on Football Night in America that losing Dak might be a “blessing in disguise.”
The historian Kim Phillips-Fein thinks this may be at least a small blessing in disguise.
A new normal of a mere 100 guests, to begin with, was not something many couples could have imagined, but is a change that they see as a blessing in disguise.
In August, Logically helped alert Utah officials to the fact that an anti-sex-trafficking event was actually a QAnon march in disguise, leading to its permit being revoked.
In that sense, the reduced supply of khat — even without a formal ban — has been a blessing in disguise, says Somali anti-khat campaigner Abukar Awale, who is backing a petition to Somalia’s government that seeks to make the drug illegal.
And Pope Alexander VI had the painter Pinturicchio disguise his mistress as the Virgin Mary in one fresco.
Tumid and unstoppable, there is little that new wallpaper or re-poured driveways can do to disguise it.
Maybe, then, the Hathahate phenomenon is a blessing in disguise.
Roberts and the Republicans are trying to portray the independent as a Barack Obama supporter who is just a Democrat in disguise.
Rivers, it had emerged, had told them she was Ruth Madoff in disguise, and not to speak to her or approach her when she walked in.
Napoleon landed at Elba at an early hour in disguise, with a sergeant's company of marines.
It was a habit with him to disguise himself in ordinary clothing and then to go out and mingle with the common people.
In short, I shall begin life all over again—as if I were a criminal in disguise instead of the sport of circumstances.