bare-faced
UK/'beərf'eɪst/US
释义
adj.
Shameless and undisguised; brazen (often 'a barefaced lie')
厚颜无耻的；公然的（常作 barefaced lie 弥天大谎）
词根拆分
原生英语bareroot
+
facedroot
=bare-faced
bare + faced = 脸毫无遮掩。原指"没胡子、坦露的脸"，后转为"毫不掩饰过错的"——厚颜、公然。
例句
- 1.
It was a barefaced lie, told without the slightest hesitation.
那是个毫不犹豫说出口的弥天大谎。