disguise yourself as somebody/something• In May 1528, while Angus was away, James disguised himself as a groom and made a dash for Stirling.• He imagined a monster who disguised himself as a kid to attack an earthling.• Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest.• To get into the building, I disguised myself as a reporter.• It does this by disguising itself as an aphid, in order to avoid being detected by the ants.• If that happens the aliens will be able to disguise themselves as humans and invadeEarth.
disguise something as something• Well, it may be hard to disguise junk ashealth food.
1[countableC, uncountableU]HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEE something that you wear to change your appearance and hide who you are, or the act of wearing this 伪装物,化装用具;伪装
His disguise didn’t fool anyone.
他的伪装没能骗过任何人。
She wore dark glasses in an absurd attempt at disguise.
她戴了副墨镜企图伪装,样子很可笑。
2in disguise
a)HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEwearing a disguise 乔装的,假扮的
The woman in the park turned out to be a police officer in disguise.
公园里的那个女人原来是一个乔装的警察。
b)HIDE/NOT SHOWmade to seem like something else that is better 变相的〔使看起来似乎更好〕
disguise• Morning comes, and Blue starts busying himself with another disguise.• Friends gave us long robes and veils for disguise.• But it was a good disguise, he told himself.• The crash was a blessing in disguise for Schwab.• The major problem is that it is just another irresponsible tax cut in disguise that would mostly benefitrichfolks like Forbes.• Luther was the devil in disguise.• The peddler in disguise showed Snow White her beautiful, colorful laces.• He went across in a variety of disguises, or sent emissaries, and negotiated the price.• Inevitably though, these disguisesinspired in readers a sense of vicariousdanger or disgust.• The army does not officially admit that it uses disguises.
Origindisguise1
(1300-1400)Old Frenchdesguiser, from guise“appearance”