Charade
[ [ʃə'rɑ:d] ]
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n. 字谜游戏
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
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
Call the plumber to fix the toilet.
给水管工打个电话来修理厕所。
Why was only he exempted from work?
为什么只有他不必工作呢？
He is now satisfied merely to try to stand up, but as soon as he does so a porpoise knocks him flat.
此时的海龟，只要能站起来就满足了，但它刚站起来，就被一只海豚击倒。