| 单词 | make-believe |
| 释义 | make-believe1. uncountable noun If someone is living in a make-believe world, they are pretending that things are better, different, or more exciting than they really are instead of facing up to reality. [disapproval] ...the glamorous make-believe world of show business. She squandered millions on a life of make-believe. Synonyms: fantasy, imagination, pretence, charade More Synonyms of make believe 2. uncountable noun You use make-believe to refer to the activity involved when a child plays a game in which they pretend something, for example that they are someone else. She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister. ...his make-believe playmate. 3. adjective You use make-believe to describe things, for example in a play or film, that imitate or copy something real, but which are not what they appear to be. In the video, he danced down a make-believe street. The violence in those films was too unreal, it was make-believe. 'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment. Synonyms: imaginary, dream, imagined, made-up More Synonyms of make believe make believe in British Englishverb 1. to pretend or enact a fantasy the children made believe they were doctors noun make-believe 2. a. a fantasy, pretence, or unreality b. (as modifier) a make-believe world 3. a person who pretends make-believe in British English (ˈmeɪkbɪliːv) noun 1. a fantasy, pretence, or unreality It's just make-believe. Anyone with half a brain will see this is make-believe. She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister. I always thought it was just make-believe. We know it's a Scotland of make-believe - albeit a Scotland we can sell. He escapes into the world of make-believe. She squandered millions on a life of make-believe. 2. a person who pretends modifier 3. of or relating to a fantasy, pretence, or unreality his make-believe playmate The man lived in a make-believe world surrounded by bizarre props including a pilot'sraincoat and a microlite aircraft that he had never flown. people whose make-believe world is far removed from real life adjective 4. imitating or copying something real, but not what it appears to be In the video, he danced down a make-believe street. The violence in those films was too unreal, it was make-believe. 'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment. make believe in American English to pretend; act a part make-believe in American English (ˈmeɪkbəˈliv) noun 1. pretense; feigning 2. a pretender adjective 3. pretended; feigned; sham Examples of 'make believe' in a sentence |
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