Fake



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解释

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• v.伪造; 佯装
• ［英］ v.伪造 ( to make seem real by any sort of deception or tampering ) ; 佯装 ( to practice deception by simulating)
• ［记］ fake作名词, 指冒牌的人或物 ( He was a fake.) , 作形容词, 意为伪造的 ( fake money)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (faked; faking)

• Etymology: Middle English
• Date: 15th century
• to coil in fakes

II. noun

• Date: 1627
• one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running

III. adjective

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1775
• counterfeit, sham

IV. noun

• Date: 1827
• one that is not what it purports to be: as
  • a. a worthless imitation passed off as genuine
  • b. impostor, charlatan
  • c. a simulated movement in a sports contest (as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent
  • d. a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick
• Synonyms: see imposture

V. verb (faked; faking)

• Date: 1851
• transitive verb
  • 1. to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously genuine appearance to ; doctor <faked the lab results>
  • 2. counterfeit, simulate, concoct <faked a heart attack>
  • 3. to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake
  • 4. improvise, ad-lib <whistle a few bars…and I'll fake the rest — Robert Sylvester>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to engage in faking something ; pretend — sometimes used with it<if you don't have the answers, fake it>
  • 2. to give a fake to an opponent
• ? faker noun
• ? fakery noun

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