costume noun ⇨costume (dressed in a giant chicken costume)⇨clothes (Welsh national costume)costume
noun
costume ♦︎ disguise ♦︎ fancy dress ♦︎ camouflageThese are all words for sth that you wear to make you look different from the way you usually look.这些词均表示特别服装、特殊装束。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in costume / disguise / fancy dress / camouflage◆to wear a costume / a disguise / fancy dress / camouflage◆to put on a costume / disguise■costume [countable, uncountable] the clothes worn by actors in a play or film, or worn by sb to make them look like sb/sth else(戏剧或电影的)戏装,服装;(某人乔装打扮的)装束◆I can't believe you didn't notice that guy in the giant chicken costume.我不相信你没注意到那个打扮成一只巨型鸡的家伙。◆The actors were still in costume and make-up.这些演员还没有卸装。◆a costume designer戏装设计师 see also costume ⇨ clothes■disguise dɪsˈgaɪz [countable, uncountable] a thing that you wear or use to change your appearance so that people do not recognize you; the art of changing your appearance in this way伪装物;化装用具;假扮;伪装◆She wore glasses and a wig as a disguise.她戴了眼镜和假发,以此作为伪装。◆The girl in the park turned out to be a policewoman in disguise.公园里的女孩原来是女警察乔装改扮的。▸disguise
verb
[transitive] ◆She disguised herself as a boy.她女扮男装。 see also disguise ⇨ hideverb1NOTE辨析 Costume or disguise?You wear a costume for fun, or to take part in a performance; you wear a disguise in order to trick people so that they do not recognize you. * costume指为了好玩或演出而穿的服装,disguise是为了瞒骗他人、不让别人认出而作的乔装改扮。■ˌfancy ˈdress [uncountable] (BrE) clothes that you wear, especially at parties, to make you appear to be a different character化装服;化装舞会服◆I went to a fancy dress party as a pirate.我扮作海盗去参加了一场化装晚会。■camouflage ˈkæməflɑːʒ [uncountable] a way of hiding soldiers and military equipment, using clothes, paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of their surroundings(军事上的)伪装,隐蔽◆a camouflage jacket(= covered with green and brown marks and worn by soldiers)迷彩夹克衫◆A dozen men walked by, dressed in army camouflage and holding automatic weapons.十二个男人走了过去,他们穿着迷彩军服,拿着自动武器。 see also camouflage ⇨ hide1