façade
noun
uk/fəˈsɑːd/us/fəˈsɑːd/façadenoun(BUILDING)
[C]
thefrontof abuilding,especiallyalargeorattractivebuilding:
(尤指大型建筑物或外型美观的建筑物的)正面the gallery'selegant18th-century façade美术馆建于18世纪典雅的正面
Parts of buildings in general
- addition
- annex
- annexe
- downstairs
- elevation
- extension
- foundation
- frontage
- Juliet balcony
- man cave
- multi-chambered
- organ loft
- superstructure
- wing
façadenoun(FALSE APPEARANCE)
[S]
afalseappearancethat makes someone or somethingseemmorepleasantorbetterthan they really are:
假象,虚假的外表Hekepthishostilityhiddenbehind afriendlyfaçade.他把敌意藏在友好的面孔后面。
We arefedup with this façade ofdemocracy.我们厌倦了这种民主的幌子。
Faking & pretending
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- fraud
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- play-act
- professed
- purport
- quack