| 单词 | counterfeit |
| 释义 | counterfeit —counterfeiter, n. —counterfeitly, adv. —counterfeitness, n. /kown"teuhr fit'/, adj. 1. made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills. 2. pretended; unreal: counterfeit grief. n. 3. an imitation intended to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; forgery. 4. Archaic. a copy. 5. Archaic. a close likeness; portrait. 6. Obs. impostor; pretender. v.t. 7. to make a counterfeit of; imitate fraudulently; forge. 8. to resemble. 9. to simulate. v.i. 10. to make counterfeits, as of money. 11. to feign; dissemble. [1250-1300; (adj.) ME countrefet false, forged < AF cuntrefet, OF contrefait, ptp. of conterfere to copy, imitate, equiv. to conter- COUNTER- + fere to make, do << L facere (see FACT); (v.) ME countrefeten, v. deriv. of countrefet] Syn. 1. spurious, bogus. See false. 2. sham, feigned, simulated, fraudulent; mock, fake, ersatz. 3. falsification, sham. 7. copy; falsify. |
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