masque

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mɑːsk/    美 /mæsk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song. historical
    — "I think," said Anne to Madame de Mercœur, "we must obtain your protégée's services for our intended masque; however, I shall leave that to you young people to settle," turning to Louis as she spoke.
  2. Words and music written for a masque.
    — Over six sections – a prologue, a life-story, a dream-quest, a dirge, a masque and an epilogue – they meditate on their lives, their hopes, their losses, and on the human condition.
  3. A masquerade.
    — The game of pretence is enhanced by dressing-up, and it is natural for a child to copy some grown-up hero. The game was also played by all those people who have attended masques and fancy-dress parties and by Marie-Antoinette when she played at being a milkmaid, it is only the fashion which had altered.
  4. Obsolete spelling of mask. alt-of,obsolete
  5. A facial mask.
    — mud masque; clay masque
动词 v.
  1. Archaic spelling of mask. alt-of,archaic
    — It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.

词形变化

masques plural masques present,singular,third-person masquing participle,present masqued participle,past masqued past

词汇关系

衍生词
antimasque

词源

词源 1
Unadapted borrowing from French masque. Doublet of mask and mesh.
词源 2
Unadapted borrowing from French masque. Doublet of mask and mesh.
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