guise
英 [ɡaɪz]
美 [ɡaɪz]
- n. 伪装;装束;外观
- vt. 使化装
- vi. 伪装
- n. (Guise)人名;(葡)吉塞;(英、法)吉斯
guise=gui+se=诡异的颜色(如军人脸上图的东西)=伪装
guise 伪装来自PIE*weid, 看,词源同vision, wise. 古义装束,外表,后词义贬义化。
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guise: see geezer
- guise (n.)
- late 13c., "style or fashion of attire," from Old French guise "manner, fashion, way," from Frankish *wisa or some similar Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *wison "appearance, form, manner," from *wissaz (cognates: Old High German wisa "manner, wise"), from PIE root *weid- "to see" (see vision). Sense of "assumed appearance" is from 1660s, from earlier meaning "mask, disguise" (c. 1500).
- 1. His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism.
- 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
- 2. They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.
- 他们假装成视察员进了学校.
- 3. He turned up at a fancy dress Easter dance in the guise of a white rabbit.
- 他扮成白兔在复活节化装舞会上亮相。
- 4. In this guise he gathered information about mutinous and subversive designs.
- 以这个名义,他收集了搞叛变和颠覆活动的阴谋计划的情报.
- 5. A lot of nonsense was talked, under the guise of philosophy.
- 假借哲学的名义讲了一大堆的废话.