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masked
屏掩的;屏蔽的
masked
遮罩
Masked a.
1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
2. Bot. Same as Personate.
3. Zool. Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
Masked battery Mil., a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
Masked crab Zool., a European crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face.
Masked pig Zool., a Japanese domestic hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed.
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Mask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked p. pr. & vb. n. Masking.]
1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
3. Mil. (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
masked
adj : having its true character concealed with the intent of
misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat" [syn: cloaked,
disguised]