guising
noun[U]
Scottish Englishuk/ˈɡaɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˈɡaɪ.zɪŋ/theactivityofdressingup asmagicalorfrighteningcreaturesor ascharactersfrom astoryonHalloween(= 31October), andvisitingpeople'shomestoaskforsweetsormoney:
化妆游戏（把自己装扮成一个神话人物或可怕的形象，或是万圣节故事中的人物，到人们家里要糖果或钱）InScotlandwe don't do "trickortreat"; we do guising.在苏格兰我们不玩“不给糖就捣乱”，我们玩化妆游戏。
- Dressing up incostumesand going “guising” wasprevalentinScotlandatHalloweenby the late 19thcentury.
- This is theoriginof thepracticeofScottish“guising” – a word which comes from “disguising”.
- "If it's guising, you're abitlate," she said to them.
- The firstreferenceto “guising” inNorthAmericaoccursin 1911.
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