facade
英 [f?'sɑ?d]
美[f?'sɑd]
- n. 正面;表面;外觀
TEM8GRETOEFL低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?facades;
助記提示
facade:?浮紗的,表面上浮著一層紗的,掩蓋了真實(shí)的面目----(虛偽)外表。
中文詞源
facade 正面
來自face, 臉。
英文詞源
- facade (n.)
- 1650s, "front of a building," from French fa?ade (16c.), from Italian facciata "the front of a building," from faccia "face," from Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Figurative use by 1845.
雙語例句
- 1. Behind the facade they are just like the rest of us.
- 在那副外表背后,他們和我們大家是完全一樣的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The facade of the building was a little weathered.
- 樓正面有點(diǎn)兒斑駁。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In the evening the facade is floodlit.
- 晚上,建筑正面被泛光燈照亮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The cathedral was eventually completed in 1490, though the Gothic facade remains unfinished.
- 那座大教堂最終于1490年建成,但其哥特式風(fēng)格的正面一直未能完工。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.
- 他們將困擾婚姻的問題掩藏在家庭和睦的外表之下。
來自柯林斯例句