camouflage /ˈkæməflɑːʒ/ noun 1 [U] （军事上的）伪装，隐蔽 a way of hiding soldiers and military equipment, using paint, leaves or nets, so that they look like part of their surroundings troops dressed in camouflage 穿迷彩服的军队 2 [U, sing.] （动物的）保护色，保护形状 the way in which an animal's colour or shape matches its surroundings and makes it difficult to see Confident in its camouflage, being the same colour as the rocks, the lizard stands still when it feels danger. 由于和岩石颜色一样,蜥蜴对自己的保护色充满信心;遇到危险时,它便一动不动。 3 [U, sing.] 隐瞒 behaviour that is deliberately meant to hide the truth Her angry words were camouflage for the way she felt. 她以气愤的言辞掩盖自己的真实感情。 verb [VN] ~ sth (with sth) 伪装；掩饰 to hide sb/sth by making them or it look like the things around, or like sth else The soldiers camouflaged themselves with leaves. 士兵用树叶来伪装自己。 He has never camouflaged his desire to better himself. 他从不掩饰自己的上进心。