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单词 fib
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fib

noun
/fɪb/
/fɪb/
(informal)
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  1. a lie, usually one that is not important
    • Stop telling fibs.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fib
    • tell
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps a shortening of obsolete fible-fable ‘nonsense’, reduplication of fable.

fib

verb
/fɪb/
/fɪb/
[intransitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fib
/fɪb/
/fɪb/
he / she / it fibs
/fɪbz/
/fɪbz/
past simple fibbed
/fɪbd/
/fɪbd/
past participle fibbed
/fɪbd/
/fɪbd/
-ing form fibbing
/ˈfɪbɪŋ/
/ˈfɪbɪŋ/
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  1. to tell a lie, usually about something that is not important
    • Come on, don't fib! Where were you really last night?
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps a shortening of obsolete fible-fable ‘nonsense’, reduplication of fable.
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