camouflage

• n. 偽裝，掩飾
• vt. 偽裝，掩飾
• vi. 偽裝起來

詞源不詳。可能來自短語capo muffare, 蓋住頭。

camouflage

camouflage: [20] Camouflage reached the English language during World War I, when the art of concealing objects from the enemy was considerably developed. It is of French origin, a derivative of the verb camoufler ‘disguise’, which came from Italian camuffare ‘disguise, trick’.

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 by influence of French camouflet "puff of smoke," on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting.

Since the war started the POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY has published photographs of big British and French field pieces covered with shrubbery, railway trains "painted out" of the landscape, and all kinds of devices to hide the guns, trains, and the roads from the eyes of enemy aircraft.

Until recently there was no one word in any language to explain this war trick. Sometimes a whole paragraph was required to explain this military practice. Hereafter one word, a French word, will save all this needless writing and reading. Camouflage is the new word, and it means "fooling the enemy." ["Popular Science Monthly," August 1917]

1. They were dressed in camouflage and carried automatic rifles.

他們身穿迷彩服，攜帶自動步槍。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage.

北極熊身上的白色的濃密軟毛是一種天然的偽裝.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. They used branches of trees as camouflage.

他們用樹枝做偽裝.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The animal's markings provide effective camouflage.

這種動物身上的斑紋是很有效的偽裝.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. I think that there has been an attempt to camouflage what really happened.

我認為，有人試圖掩蓋事情的真相。

來自柯林斯例句