charade
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/ʃəˈreɪd/
🇬🇧
/ʃəˈrɑːd/
a situation where people pretend something is different from what it really is
The whole event was a charade, and everyone knew it but pretended otherwise.
整个事件不过是一场闹剧,每个人都知道这一点,但都装作不知道。
a game where one person acts out a word or title, and others try to guess it
At the party, we played charades, and it was a lot of fun trying to guess the movie titles.
在派对上,我们玩了猜谜游戏,试图猜测电影标题非常有趣。