| 单词 | lying |
| 释义 | lying (once / 81 pages) n If you engage in lying, you're fabricating, prevaricating, or speaking falsely. You are deliberately deviating from the truth. If lying is the act of telling a lie, then "lying through your teeth" is the act of telling a bold lie, even if you know your listener will immediately know you're lying. Descended from a line in a Marx Brothers film, "Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?" is spoken (ironically) by someone who's been caught lying and, instead of admitting it, says the evidence is wrong, as well as the person who's looking right at it. WORD FAMILYlying: lyings+/liar: liars/lie: lain, liar, lied, lies, lying, overlie, underlie/lied: lieder, lieds/overlie: overlain, overlies, overlying/underlie: underlain, underlies, underlying USAGE EXAMPLES"I was very alarmed and sad to see such a graceful and giant rare creature lying dead on our shores," said Mr Chandran. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) Authorities who responded found two males lying in the road. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) "That's our cousin, and she's one of the princesses," Philip Cameron said, lying on his back on the sidewalk. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) n the deliberate act of deviating from the truth Syn|Hypo|Hyper fabrication, prevarication fibbing, paltering a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear falsification, misrepresentation a willful perversion of facts |
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