单词 | fake |
释义 | fake I. or flake < fake down line > or out < there's an old twelve-inch hawser faked out down there — Chesley Wilson > II. or flake III. transitive verb 1. < the well-known biologist who did fake his results was driven to suicide by the disgrace of exposure — H.J.Muller > < fake the fight until the twelfth round, for the sake of the money — Donn Byrne > < fake the perspective in such a way that the stage appears grander the farther one is from it — Atlantic > — often used with up < in consequence of the faked-up narrative the world of Columbus's discovery would be named America — S.E.Morison > < two small beds faked up to look like an enormous bed — Daniel Curley > 2. a. < fake a painting > b. < a printer may fake a foreign accent not carried in stock > 3. a. < faked 38 claims … for damages incurred in mythical automobile accidents — Henry La Cositt > < faked his own kidnapping in order to avoid extradition to England — M.S.Mayer > < had faked an interview with the prime minister that caused a sensation > < faked a surprise that was transparently bogus > b. < busily faking two other men out of position — Roy McHugh > 4. slang < whistle a few bars … and I'll fake the rest — Robert Sylvester > < fake a bass accompaniment > intransitive verb < he's not sick, he's just faking > IV. 1. a. < experts called the priceless antique a fake > b. < the adventures of the spy turned out to be a series of fakes > c. < the new wonder gasoline was a complete fake > as (1) (2) or feke d. < medical fake — Agnes N. Keith > 2. 3. Synonyms: see imposture V. < skirt is supplied with flap pockets that are completely fake — New Yorker > < a phony physicist and one fake air force colonel — Greer Williams > < fake patriotism > < fake amnesia victims > < hand-screened prints and crusts of fake diamonds and pearls — advt > Synonyms: see counterfeit |
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