camouflage

• n. 伪装，掩饰
• vt. 伪装，掩饰
• vi. 伪装起来

词源不详。可能来自短语capo muffare, 盖住头。

camouflage

camouflage: [20] Camouflage reached the English language during World War I, when the art of concealing objects from the enemy was considerably developed. It is of French origin, a derivative of the verb camoufler ‘disguise’, which came from Italian camuffare ‘disguise, trick’.

camouflage

1917, noun, verb, and adjective, from French camoufler, Parisian slang, "to disguise," from Italian camuffare "to disguise," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps a contraction of capo muffare "to muffle the head." Probably altered by influence of French camouflet "puff of smoke," on the notion of "blow smoke in someone's face." The British navy in World War I called it dazzle-painting.

Since the war started the POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY has published photographs of big British and French field pieces covered with shrubbery, railway trains "painted out" of the landscape, and all kinds of devices to hide the guns, trains, and the roads from the eyes of enemy aircraft.

Until recently there was no one word in any language to explain this war trick. Sometimes a whole paragraph was required to explain this military practice. Hereafter one word, a French word, will save all this needless writing and reading. Camouflage is the new word, and it means "fooling the enemy." ["Popular Science Monthly," August 1917]

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2. The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage.

北极熊身上的白色的浓密软毛是一种天然的伪装.

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3. They used branches of trees as camouflage.

他们用树枝做伪装.

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4. The animal's markings provide effective camouflage.

这种动物身上的斑纹是很有效的伪装.

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5. I think that there has been an attempt to camouflage what really happened.

我认为，有人试图掩盖事情的真相。

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