guise

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

guise (gīz)n.
1. Outward appearance or aspect; semblance.
2. False appearance; pretense:
spoke to me under the guise of friendship.
3. Mode of dress; garb:
huddled on the street in the guise of beggars.
4. Obsolete. Custom; habit. [Middle English, manner, fashion, from Old French, of Germanic origin. See weid- in Indo-European Roots.]