charades

cha·rade

C0247200 (shə-rād′)n.1. Games a. charades(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime, sometimes syllable by syllable, until they are guessed by the other players.b. An episode in this game or a word or phrase so represented.2. A readily perceived pretense; a travesty: went through the charade of a public apology.

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[French, probably from Provençal charrado, chat, from charra, to chat, chatter, perhaps from Italian ciarlare.]

charades

(ʃəˈrɑːdz) n (Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word[C18: from French charade entertainment, from Provençal charrado chat, from charra chatter, of imitative origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

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charades - player acts out a phrase for others to guessguessing game - a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thingcharade - a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

Translations

一种看手势猜字谜游戏动作字谜游戏

charade

(ʃəˈraːd) , ((American) ʃəˈreid) noun a piece of ridiculous pretence which is so obvious that it does not deceive anyone. 明顯騙人的藉口 易识破的借口chaˈrades noun singular a game in which each syllable of a word, and then the whole word, is acted and the audience has to guess the word. 比手劃腳猜英語字遊戲 动作字谜游戏（一种看手势猜字谜游戏）