单词 | nature faker |
释义 | > as lemmasnature faker nature faker n. originally U.S. a person who misrepresents, or presents false reports of, natural phenomena, esp. animal behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > one who falsifies > reports of natural phenomena nature faker1907 1907 N.Y. Times 27 May 2/6 Persons who had read about the brutal sport of seal fishing..doubted their reading and began to talk about ‘nature fakers’. 1949 Nat. Hist. Mar. 131/2 Many nature fakers had obtained free meals..through the gullibility of newspaper reporters. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 May 32/4 He waged the only real battle of his career with the ‘nature-fakers’. < as lemmas |
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