unmask

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ʌnˈmæsk/|/ʌnˈmɑːsk/    美 /ʌnˈmæsk/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove a mask from someone. transitive
  2. To expose, or reveal the true character of someone. transitive
    — The Charieſt maide is prodigall enough, / If ſhe vnmaske hir beautie to the Moone.
  3. To remove one's mask. intransitive
    — But instead of a direct answer to so important a question, Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself.
  4. To cease engaging in masking, to cease disguising one's autism. intransitive
    — […] to unmask and to assume her 'natural' role (rather than her 'fitting in' role).
  5. To expose something that was concealed or shielded from an enemy. dated,transitive
    — He recalled his horse. This, retiring, unmasked the heavy infantry, which Hannibal called in from either flank and sent with a vigorous élan in close column across the ford against the ill-arrayed barbarians, followed by the cavalry, which had formed again in its rear.
  6. To enable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting or setting the associated bit. transitive

词形变化

unmasks present,singular,third-person unmasking participle,present unmasked participle,past unmasked past unmasque alternative un-mask alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
unmask one's batteries

词源

From un- + mask.
Compare typologically reveal (see more).
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