| 单词 | false |
| 释义 | false I. 1. a. < his assumption that this is the only possible interpretation is demonstrably false — M.R.Cohen > b. < false claims are frequently made of automobile ownership — S.L.Payne > < the false testimony of suborned witnesses > 2. a. < slanders of her false accusers — Shakespeare > < especially heavy consequences for people … attracted to unworthy, false, and callous persons — H.E.Salisbury > b. (1) < false scales > < false dice > < false bottom of a glass > (2) archaic < tears are false spectacles — John Donne > (3) c. < the false warmth of the January thaw — Louis Bromfield > 3. < a false friend > < a false lover > 4. a. (1) < false tears > < false modesty > < privateersmen sailing under false colors > < false deeds of ownership > < the false glamour of war > < listening to false prophets > (2) < a set of false teeth > < buying false hair from impoverished country girls — Lois Long > b. < a false door > < a false window > c. < false oats > < a false pea > d. (1) < false siding > < false pillar > < false roof > (2) < false deck > < false jaw of a chuck or vise > < false post > e. < pea is a false singular formed from the real singular pease > f. g. < there are only two seriously false scenes … and they occur toward the end — V.S.Pritchett > < a vocabulary affected and often … ludicrously false — Gilbert Highet > 5. a. < our time is for the most part spent in hesitation, false starts, and painful retracing of our steps — M.R.Cohen > < make a false turn in his canoe — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < practice false economy > < this marriage is false — George Meredith > < a sense of false security > b. < by accepting the support of such dubious elements he put himself in an extremely false position > 6. dialect England < it's a false child that knows its own father > Synonyms: see faithless II. obsolete III. 1. archaic 2. < his wife played him false > |
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