| 单词 | fake |
| 释义 | fake (feɪk ) Word forms: fakes , faking , faked 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A fake fur or a fake painting, for example, is a fur or painting that has been made to look valuable or genuine, often in order to deceive people. The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates. Synonyms: artificial, false, forged, counterfeit A fake is something that is fake. It is filled with famous works of art, and every one of them is a fake. 2. verb If someone fakes something, they try to make it look valuable or genuine, although in fact it is not. It's safer to fake a tan with make-up than spend a lot of time in the sun. [VERB noun] He faked his own death last year to collect on a $1 million insurance policy. [VERB noun] ...faked evidence. [VERB-ed] 3. countable noun Someone who is a fake is not what they claim to be, for example because they do not have the qualifications that they claim to have. 4. verb If you fake a feeling, emotion, or reaction, you pretend that you are experiencing it when you are not. Jon faked nonchalance. [VERB noun] Maturity and emotional sophistication can't be faked. [VERB noun] Collocations: fake address However, it was a fake address for a real courier. Times, Sunday Times Fearing that he too would be abducted, the editor gave a fake address. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Watch out for fake addresses or if the director's name appears in a multitude of companies. Times, Sunday Times Fake addresses can be used without detection, so fraud has flourished. Times, Sunday Times The bait content may contain large numbers of fake addresses, a technique known as list poisoning, though some consider this practice harmful. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was instructed to burst it and fake an injury. Times, Sunday Times He had bitten into a capsule of theatrical blood to fake an injury and required a real injury to answer his doubters. Times, Sunday Times Juice was punched in the ribs to fake an injury and sent to the infirmary, where the other inmate followed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If a predator comes near the nest either parent will fake an injury to distract the creature away from the nest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lawyers said he needed surgery for a back injury sustained in a car accident, although some accused him of faking the injuries to gain sympathy. Times,Sunday Times Some may find the sudden spurt of fake blood around his mouth almost comical. Times, Sunday Times (2009) There was fake blood all over the walls. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Just add fake blood to complete the creepy look. The Sun (2016) One then bit into her neck, sending fake blood gushing down her chest. The Sun (2010) Fans delight in her extravagant on-stage stunts, such as dripping fake blood or setting her piano alight. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The victim's daughter learned her mum had been phoned by a fake cop claiming an arrested man had her bank details. The Sun Prosecutors are unsure who did what as the fake cops wore prosthetic masks and the robbers balaclavas. The Sun The stars had claimed they were stopped by fake cops on a taxi ride home. The Sun But the fake cops are her accomplices. The Sun In the hall, a doorway hidden behind bamboo-print wallpaper leads to his bedroom, which has fake grass instead of a carpet. Times, Sunday Times The garden has been kitted out with wallpaper, carpet, a dining table and a chandelier, while there's garden furniture and fake grass indoors! The Sun And he was said to have bought a large shovel despite having a paved garden with fake grass and small flower beds. The Sun Or why not roll out some fake grass? Times, Sunday Times Fake grass has ceased to be naff and has passed beyond ironic - it's now the outdoor surface of choice for a high-traffic, low-maintenance garden. Times, Sunday Times In mascara adverts, 58 per cent airbrushed lashes and 23 per cent of shampoo ads used fake hair. The Sun They laughed at his vanity, his facelifts, his fake hair. The Sun But there are others that look like tights stuffed with fake hair. The Sun Days lost to genuine and fake illness totalled 175 million - up from 164 million in 2005. The Sun Other dodges include faking illness or sleep, the study for an online shopping site found. The Sun Many also 'doctor shop' to find different doctors to whom they can present fake illnesses. Times, Sunday Times In the first, fish4jobs, a recruitment website, found that four employees out of five admitted taking regular sickies: faking illness to gain time off work. Times, Sunday Times She's been faking illness and spreading lies about me - asking him who he loves more, me or her. The Sun Book a spray tan and fake lashes in the sleek urban spa. Times, Sunday Times I go for fake tan, fake lashes and heels. The Sun Single fake lashes enhance the eye, complementing your natural shape. The Sun She has supermodel limbs, curly hair pulled back and eyelids sagging under fake lashes, the only artifice in an otherwise girlish look. Times, Sunday Times It removes my fake lashes without pulling at my real ones. The Sun Instead, she'll blow apart the fourth wall, tear up the script and put on a fake moustache. Times,Sunday Times He didn't come downstairs in a fake moustache and slip on a banana peel. Times, Sunday Times His glasses had thick, dark plastic frames and looked like they ought to come with a fake moustache attached. Times, Sunday Times Fake moustaches are made in different ways, but usually require the wearer to use adhesive to affix the moustache to his face. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's full of brides in huge dresses, fake nails, fake hair and false eyelashes. The Sun I go to a black-tie event and get some fake nails applied. Times, Sunday Times The peeling hand sports brightly painted fake nails of the kind you get expensively done on the high street. Times,Sunday Times No wonder they are buying hair extensions and fake nails. Times, Sunday Times The outfits grow more modest, the five lose the fake nails and join the nuns in shunning make-up. The Sun Its author was widely condemned by other classicists for hiding behind a fake name. Times, Sunday Times When recidivists got apprehended, they’d just give out a fake name and claim it was their first crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He recently tested its vetting by writing a bogus review with 'very over-thetop' praise, which he submitted using a fake name, e-mail and postal address. Times, Sunday Times The pair had been paying cash for the hotel room, rented under a fake name, marshals said. Christianity Today He uses a fake name to receive his post and refuses to talk about his incredible past. The Sun At the time and place agreed for the handover of the fake passport, the suspect failed to appear. Times, Sunday Times His family scrounged hundreds of thousands of pounds in state handouts after he arrived here on a fake passport in 1993. The Sun He was arrested four days later and police found his fake passport at his rented home. The Sun Cops say he fled on a fake passport. The Sun She became suspicious, asking if he was sure he had not been followed, when he asked her to meet a fellow deep-cover agent to hand over the fake passport. Times, Sunday Times But seven in ten users have been conned by fake profile details, with four in five saying their dates looked nothing like their pictures. The Sun I set up a fake profile - not to entrap him, but just to see - and, sure enough, after a mere two days he made an approach. Times, Sunday Times It was asking for trouble to set up a fake profile. The Sun I have set up a fake profile on the site to see if he messages me. The Sun But his family told the hearing they believe that it was a fake profile. The Sun Tell people you are not comfortable looking straight into the camera while conjuring up a fake smile for a photograph. The Sun Openness was replaced by a fake smile, a dash of sarcasm, and a bag of cliché answers. Christianity Today We told him to lose the plastic fake smile which he did. The Sun You stay with the situation and keep going past the fake smile. Times, Sunday Times Face-splitting fake smile, surely obvious to everyone around us. Times, Sunday Times Other flashpoints include the arrival of inlaws and whether to have a real or fake tree. The Sun A fake tree made of pink pipe cleaners and fibreglass lights ... Times, Sunday Times If you're not that green, and if the prospect of spending yet another festive season vacuuming up fallen needles fills you with dread, why not opt for a fake tree? Times, Sunday Times We split the scene over a few days and different locations, and we used three trees; a very large one, a small one and a fake tree. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But - and it's a big but - fake trees are made from eco nasties (usually petroleum by-products) and are not recyclable. Times, Sunday Times My dad brought me a watch from one of his friends who was peddling jewellery and fake watches. Times, Sunday Times Nuclear codes, fake watches, carpet samples — it's all about what's inside. Times, Sunday Times There are millions of fake watches and handbags on the market. Times, Sunday Times Fake watches, which can sell for a similar price to the genuine article if they slip through the net, represented nearly 20 per cent of the value of goods seized. Times, Sunday Times You could be selling clothes, watches, fake watches, gold teeth, hatsanything. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 假的, 假货, 假装 Japanese: 模造の, 模造品, 見せかける |
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