masking
 掩蔽


 masking
 屏蔽;遮蔽 MASK


 masking
 遮罩


 Mask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked p. pr. & vb. n. Masking.]
 1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
    They must all be masked and vizarded.   --Shak.
 2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
    Masking the business from the common eye.   --Shak.
 3. Mil. (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.


 masking
      n 1: the act of concealing the existence of something by
           obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their
           guns from enemy aircraft" [syn: cover, covering, screening]
      2: the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of
         another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure
         tones"
      3: scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the
         stage that should not be seen [syn: masking piece]