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单词 guise
释义 guise
I. \ˈgīz\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English gise, guise, from Old French guise, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wīsa manner, style — more at wise (manner)
1. : form or style of dress : costume
 < wondered if she should appear in such disordered guise >
especially : dress that is unexpected on or foreign to the wearer
 < the lady clad in peasant guise >
2. archaic
 a. : manner, style, fashion, way
  < it never was our guise to slight the poor — Alexander Pope >
 b. : customary course or way (as of speaking or behaving)
3.
 a. : external appearance
  < concerned more with the guise than the inner worth of his product >
 broadly : shape, semblance, aspect
  < a fiend in frightful guise >
 b. : a superficial seeming : an artful or simulated appearance (as of propriety or worth)
  < that such misconduct should take the guise of religious ritual is shameful >
  < tricked the widow in the guise of a friend of her late husband >
4. obs Scotland : a masked play or masquerade party
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English gysen, from gyse, gise (n.)
transitive verb
: dress, arrange; usually : to provide with a foreign guise : disguise
 < the three younger children guised as angels >
intransitive verb
now dialect Britain : to appear in disguise especially as a mummer : go mumming
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