charade

英 [ʃəˈrɑːd]

美 [ʃəˈreɪd]

n.  明显的伪装; 做戏; 装模作样; 打哑谜猜字游戏

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18799 / COCA.18388

牛津词典

noun

• 明显的伪装；做戏；装模作样
  a situation in which people pretend that sth is true when it clearly is not
  1. Their whole marriage had been a charade─they had never loved each other.
     他们的整个婚姻都是在做戏——他们从未相爱过。
• 打哑谜猜字游戏
  a game in which one player acts out the syllables of a word or title and the other players try to guess what it is
  1. Let's play charades.
     咱们来玩打哑谜猜字游戏吧。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 明显的做作;一眼看穿的伪装
  If you describe someone's actions as acharade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
  1. I wondered why he had gone through the elaborate charade...
     我不明白，他为什么要大费周章，装腔作势。
  2. The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
     联合国眼下还在努力摆出一副中立的假面孔。
• N-UNCOUNT 看手势猜字谜游戏
  Charadesis a game for teams of players in which one team acts a word or phrase, syllable by syllable, until other players guess the whole word or phrase.
  1. She and her three brothers played charades.
     她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。

英英释义

noun

• a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  Synonym:parodylampoonspoofsendupmockerytakeoffburlesquetravestypasquinadeput-on

双语例句

• Public announcements of such deals are something of a charade.
  有关此类交易的公告完全就是在打哑谜。
• Youngsters observe that the marital relationship of their parents is nothing but an empty charade.
  年轻人发现他们父母之间的婚姻关系不过是一场没有实质内容的猜谜游戏。
• This mad charade is coming to an end.
  这个疯狂的游戏就要结束了。
• We can stop this charade and run away together.
  我们能不管他们在一起快活。
• Forgive us for this charade.
  原谅我们的这出把戏。
• I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.
  我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。
• They had been carrying out a charade of negotiations with the government.
  他们装模作样地在和政府进行谈判。
• The charade was over: they could hear his feet striking sharply on the asphalt going away.
  他玩的把戏结束了，人们可以听到他的脚步响亮地敲击着沥青路渐渐远去。
• So you just, uh, go along with the charade.
  那么你就，呃，继续装下去吧。
• She and her three brothers played charades.
  她和3个兄弟玩看手势猜字谜。