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masque /mɑːsk $ mæsk/ noun [countable] a type of play popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries that included music, dancing, and songs 假面剧〔16、17世纪在英格兰流行的一种戏剧，有音乐和歌舞〕 a Court masque 宫廷假面剧Examples from the Corpusmasque• Comus is a masque in which a young lady's chastity is tried and not vanquished.• Of course, it was a load of mummery, Fat Henry playing at masques and mystery.• Gundulic also wrote dramas, masques and pastorals.• Once the macabre masque was over, Ranulf stepped back.• Carey looked worried and Doctor Agrippa sat as if a spectator at some masque or mummer's play.masque nounChinese the type in of popular play in a 16th England Corpus |