charade
US: /ʃɝˈeɪd/
UK: /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/
UK: /ʃɐɹˈɑːd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
charade /ʃə'rɑ:d/
- danh từ
- trò chơi đố chữ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a situation in which people pretend that sth is true when it clearly is not: Their whole marriage had been a charade-they had never loved each other.
2 (charades) [U] a game in which one player acts out the syllables of a word or title and the other players try to guess what it is: Let's play charades.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
travesty, absurdity, mockery, farce, parody:
He has made a charade of what could have been a serious relationship.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
clever, elaborate | pathetic, ridiculous
VERB + CHARADE
continue, go along with, keep up, maintain, take part in
I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.
PREP.
~ of
She struggled to maintain the charade of not being afraid.
