facade

noun

/fəˈsɑːd/

(also façade)

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the front of a building（建筑物的）正面
- a classical facade古典立面
Topics Houses and homesc2, Buildingsc2
[usually singular] the way that somebody/something appears to be, which is different from the way somebody/something really is（虚假的）表面，外表
- She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.她设法继续装作漠不关心的样子。
- They seem happy together, but it’s all a facade.他们在一起似乎很幸福，但这都是假象。
- Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade.表面的繁华掩盖了这座城市的肮脏和贫穷。

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French façade, from face ‘face’, on the pattern of Italian facciata.

TOEFL BNC: 11331 COCA: 7600

facade

Other parts of buildings: addition, alcove, balcony...