- 1（建築物的）正面、外觀；（比喻）假象、表面偽裝
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.
From the word’s history
From French façade, from Italian facciata, from faccia 'front', from Latin faciēs 'face'.
借自法文 façade，源自拉丁文 faciēs「臉」。
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，摘錄並精簡格式，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/
- 1
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.
- 2
The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
- 3
A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
- 4
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/
- 1
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.
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