charade
n
1 charades [sing v]
game in which one team acts a series of little plays containing syllables of a word which the other team tries to guess 哑谜猜字游戏(一组进行若干短小的表演, 表示一字的各音节, 由另一组猜字).
2 [C] scene in a game of charades 这种游戏的表演.
3 [C] (fig 比喻) absurd and obvious pretence 荒唐可笑又显而易见的伪装.
🗣️ 情景例句
Will you forgive me?
能原谅我吗?
They are looking forward to the summer vacation.
他们正盼望着暑假的来临。
Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.