n. 化装舞会, 伪装

vi. 参加化装舞会, 伪装, 假装

Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. t.
To conceal with masks; to disguise. ``To masquerade vice.''
--Killingbeck.


Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, n. [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada,
or It. mascherata. See {Mask}.]
1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing
themselves with dancing, conversation, or other
diversions.

In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. --Pope.

2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st
{Mask}, 4. [Obs.]

3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of
something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show;
disguise.

That masquerade of misrepresentation which
invariably accompanied the political eloquence of
Rome. --De Quincey.

4. A Spanish diversion on horseback.


Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Masqueraded};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Masquerading}.]
1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious
show of being what one is not.

A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into
the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's
skin. --L'Estrange.