āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
masquerade
/ËmÃĻskÉËreÉĒd/
to masquerade
01
āĻāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to disguise or pretend to be someone or something else, often by wearing a mask or adopting a false identity
Intransitive: to masquerade as sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The undercover agent had to masquerade as a member of the criminal organization to gather crucial information.
āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻļ āĻĒāĻ°āĻž
to engage in a form of entertainment involving the wearing of costumes and masks
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The school organized a themed dance where students could masquerade in creative and colorful outfits.
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
Masquerade
01
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ, āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻļāĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻ°
a special outfit with a mask that people wear to a party in order not to be recognized by others
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His black-and-gold masquerade ensemble concealed his identity as he danced.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§-āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
a social gathering or party where guests wear costumes and masks
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Guests at the masquerade danced under candlelight.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
