guise /ˈgaɪz/
外觀,偽裝(vt.)(vi.)偽裝
Guise n.
1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.
The swain replied, “It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.” --Pope.
2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
As then the guise was for each gentle swain. --Spenser.
A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination. --Burke.
3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
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guise
n : an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of
friendship he betrayed them" [syn: pretense, pretence,
pretext]