| 单词 | sham |
| 释义 | sham /sham/, n., adj., v., shammed, shamming. n. 1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. 2. a person who shams; shammer. 3. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham. adj. 4. pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade. 5. designed, made, or used as a sham. v.t. 6. to produce an imitation of. 7. to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness. v.i. 8. to make a false show of something; pretend. [1670-80; orig. uncert.] Syn. 1. pretense. 4. spurious, make-believe, simulated, mock. See false. 6. imitate. 7. feign, fake. Ant. 4. genuine. |
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