English Dictionary

masking

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act by which something is masked; the act of masking, of concealing or disguising. / An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.

日本語の意味

何らかのものを覆い隠す、偽装する行為 / 仮面を使って顔を隠すエンターテイメント、仮面舞踏会

The artist's careful masking of the fresco saved it from further damage.

その画家によるフレスコ画の慎重な覆い隠しが、さらなる損傷からそれを守った。

意味（1）

The act by which something is masked; the act of masking, of concealing or disguising.

“To function effectively in any social situation,” writes Booth, “we all engage in masking of one kind or another: we do some prettying up: we adorn, […] "

意味（2）

An entertainment at which the guests conceal their faces with masks.

The vassals or tenants collected in the hall for Christmas masking and mumming—the peasant gathering that May-day called out upon the green, drew together ranks whose distance, in our day, occasions forgetfulness on one side, and discontent on the other.

意味（3）

The practice of wearing safety masks, such as face masks.

For millions of American lives touched by the coronavirus, it was too late to correct the failure to stand up protocols for masking and social distancing, testing and contact-tracing. But negative consequences of the culture war around the pandemic could still lie ahead, damaging the national vaccination effort.

maskings （ plural ）