facade
英 [fə'sɑːd]
美 [fə'sɑd]
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facade: 浮紗的,表麵上浮著一層紗的,掩蓋了真實的麵目----(虛偽)外表。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- facade (n.)
- 1650s, "front of a building," from French façade (16c.), from Italian facciata "the front of a building," from faccia "face," from Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Figurative use by 1845.
雙語例句
- 1. Behind the facade they are just like the rest of us.
- 在那副外表背後,他們和我們大家是完全一樣的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The facade of the building was a little weathered.
- 樓正麵有點兒斑駁。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In the evening the facade is floodlit.
- 晚上,建築正麵被泛光燈照亮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The cathedral was eventually completed in 1490, though the Gothic facade remains unfinished.
- 那座大教堂最終於1490年建成,但其哥特式風格的正麵一直未能完工。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.
- 他們將困擾婚姻的問題掩藏在家庭和睦的外表之下。
來自柯林斯例句