English主要词典
mask
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
1 a covering for part or all of the face, worn to hide or protect it:
a gas / surgical mask * The robbers were wearing stocking masks.
seealsoOXYGENMASK
2 something that covers your face and has another face painted on it:
The kids were all wearing animal masks.
seealsoDEATHMASK
3 a thick cream made of various substances that you put on your face and neck in order to improve the quality of your skin:
a face mask
4 [usuallysing.] a manner or an expression that hides your true character or feelings:
He longed to throw off the mask of respectability. * Her face was a cold blank mask.
verb [VN] to hide a feeling, smell, fact, etc. so that it cannot be easily seen or noticed:
She masked her anger with a smile.
