charade meaning in English
n.
1.(用诗、画、动作等构成的)哑剧字谜；哑剧字谜的谜底〔一个词或一句话〕。
2.〔比喻〕荒谬的借口，几乎不加掩饰的伪装。
Examples
- You must not refine too much upon this charade .
你切不可过分推敲这个字谜。 - He led off the first charade .
第一段戏就由他领导演出。 - A group of children were dressed to play charades .
一群孩子穿着夜礼服在玩字迷游戏。 - His poems, despite their dignity and felicity, have an air of charade .
他的诗篇虽然庄严巧妙，却有猜迷之嫌。 - At this time the amiable amusement of acting charades had come among us from france .
正当那时，演字谜戏的风气从法国传到我们中，相当地流行。