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A facade is the front of a building, especially when talking about its appearance (the shop's facade was painted bright blue). Figuratively, a facade is a false outward appearance that hides what's really going on — 'he kept up a facade of confidence' means he looked confident on the outside even if he wasn't inside.
（建築物的）正面、外觀；（比喻）假象、表面偽裝
組成From French, related to the word 'face.'
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- facethe root idea — the front-facing side of something
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
facadenoun/fəˈsɑ(ː)d/
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architectureThe face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
- In Egypt the façades of their rock-cut tombs were[…]ornamented so simply and unobtrusively as rather to belie than to announce their internal magnificence.
- Like so many of the finest churches, [the cathedral of Siena] was furnished with a plain substantial front wall, intended to serve as the backing and support of an ornamental façade.
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The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
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A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
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computingengineeringmathematicsAn object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
- Facades are widely used for tasks like simplifying complex APIs.
facadeverb/fəˈsɑ(ː)d/
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rareTo cover or disguise an outward appearance.
- Una was not happy in that small and self-immured company, already bound together by its big year on Broadway. But she façaded her unrest with a determination to improve her mind.
- The parks observed at the entrance, with their fountains and benches and circular drives, were no "Potemkin's villages" facading the lanscape for official visits.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。