facade
英 [fəˈsɑːd]
美 [fəˈsɑːd]
facade: 浮纱的,表面上浮着一层纱的,掩盖了真实的面目----(虚伪)外表。
- 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.
- 1. Behind the facade they are just like the rest of us.
- 在那副外表背后,他们和我们大家是完全一样的。
- 2. The facade of the building was a little weathered.
- 楼正面有点儿斑驳。
- 3. In the evening the facade is floodlit.
- 晚上,建筑正面被泛光灯照亮。
- 4. The cathedral was eventually completed in 1490, though the Gothic facade remains unfinished.
- 那座大教堂最终于1490年建成,但其哥特式风格的正面一直未能完工。
- 5. They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.
- 他们将困扰婚姻的问题掩藏在家庭和睦的外表之下。