mask

1. N-COUNT A mask is a piece of cloth or other material, which you wear over your face so that people cannot see who you are, or so that you look like someone or something else. 面具

The gunman, whose mask had slipped, fled. 面具滑落的持槍歹徒逃走了。

2. N-COUNT A mask is a piece of cloth or other material that you wear over all or part of your face to protect you from germs or harmful substances. 防護(hù)面具

You must wear goggles and a mask that will protect you against the fumes. 你必須帶上護(hù)目鏡和防護(hù)面具，以保護(hù)你不被煙熏。

3. N-COUNT If you describe someone's behaviour as a mask, you mean that they do not show their real feelings or character. 偽裝

His mask of detachment cracked, and she saw for an instant an angry and violent man. 他冷靜超然的偽裝破碎了，她一瞬間看到了一個(gè)憤怒而又狂暴的男人。

4. N-COUNT A mask is a thick cream or paste made of various substances, which you spread over your face and leave for some time in order to improve your skin. 面膜

This mask leaves your complexion feeling soft and supple. 這種面膜使你的皮膚變得柔軟嬌嫩。

5. V-T If you mask your feelings, you deliberately do not show them in your behaviour, so that people cannot know what you really feel. 掩飾

Dina lit a cigarette, trying to mask her agitation. 黛娜點(diǎn)燃了一支煙，試圖掩飾她的不安。

6. V-T If one thing masks another, it prevents people from noticing or recognizing the other thing. 遮掩

He was squinting through the smoke that masked the enemy. 他瞇眼看著遮住敵人的那片煙霧。

7. →see also gas mask