camouflage betydelse and definition

Betydelse av camouflage på svenska

• 0 the use of leaves, branches, paints, and clothes for hiding soldiers or military equipment so that they cannot be seen against the area around them:

  • a camouflage jacket

  • The lizard's light brown skin acts as (a) camouflage in the desert sand.

  • Using smoke as (a) camouflage, the army advanced up the hill.

  • He believed that her kindness was merely a camouflage for her real intentions.

• 1 to use leaves, branches, paints, or clothes to hide soldiers or military equipment so that they cannot be seen against the area around them:

  • The troops had camouflaged themselves so effectively that the enemy didn't notice them approaching.

  • The tent was camouflaged to avoid detection by infiltrating enemy soldiers.

  • Often albino animals don't live long since they are unable to camouflage themselves.

  • Textbooks use pictures of peppered moths camouflaged on tree trunks as evidence for natural selection.

  • He camouflaged the payments by listing them as "building materials".

  • Some industries' losses are camouflaged by gains in other industries.

• 2 a condition in which the appearance of someone or something when placed against a background makes the person or thing difficult or impossible to see:

  • The leafhopper is a little green insect that uses camouflage to blend in with the colors of the leaves.

• 3 to hide soldiers and equipment on the ground from enemies by making them look like their surroundings:

  • The guns are dug in and camouflaged.

  • fig.Her quiet voice camouflages the fierce competitor within her.