DISGUISE


Meaning of DISGUISE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ clever , good

▪ thin

State regulation often served as a thin ~ for corruption.

VERB + DISGUISE

▪ adopt , don , put on , wear

She adopted an elaborate ~ to help her pass through the town unrecognized.

▪ be

His angelic look is just a ~.

▪ see through

We all saw through his ~ immediately.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

He preferred to travel in ~.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ cleverly , cunningly

She was cleverly ~d as a policewoman.

VERB + DISGUISE

▪ cannot

▪ try to

PREPOSITION

▪ from

You cannot ~ what you are doing from your family.

PHRASES

▪ an attempt to ~ sth

He made no attempt to ~ his liking for her.

▪ ~ yourself as sb/sth

He was ~d as a police officer.

▪ heavily ~d , well ~d

He spoke in a heavily ~d voice.

▪ barely ~d , poorly ~d , thinly ~d

In her speech she made several thinly ~d attacks on the president.

Disguise is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ fact , ↑ identity , ↑ taste , ↑ voice

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .