查词 - camouflage

camouflage

ˈkæməflɑːʒ noun

1 a way of hiding something, especially soldiers and military equipment, by using paint, leaves etc to make it look like the things around it 〔尤指士兵或军事设备的〕伪装 U

soldiers learning camouflage technique

学习伪装技术的士兵

the camouflage netting over the tanks

坦克上的伪装网

2 the type of green and brown clothes, paint etc that soldiers wear to make themselves more difficult to see 〔士兵作伪装用的〕迷彩服，伪装色 U

The men were dressed in camouflage and carrying automatic weapons.

这些人身穿迷彩服，手提自动武器。

camouflage trousers

迷彩裤

3 the way that the colour or shape of an animal protects it by making it difficult to see in the area in which it lives 保护色，保护形状 singular 单数, U

The whiteness of the arctic fox acts as camouflage , hiding it from its enemies.

北极狐的白色起到了保护色的作用，帮助它躲避天敌。

4 behaviour that is designed to hide something 伪装，掩饰 singular 单数, U

Aggression is often a camouflage for insecurity.

好斗往往是对缺乏安全感的掩饰。

verb

5 to hide something, especially by making it look the same as the things around it, or by making it seem like something else 〔用伪装〕遮掩，掩饰

camouflage sth with sth

I saw a truck, heavily camouflaged with netting and branches.

我看见一辆卡车，用网和树枝遮掩得严严实实。

The strain she was under was well camouflaged by skilful make-up.

高超的化妆术掩饰了她内心的压力。