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单词 fake
释义 fake
fake1
 /fayk/,  v.  , faked, faking,  n.  ,  adj.  
  v.t.  
  1. prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.
  2. to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive, interesting, valuable, etc., usually in order to deceive: The story was faked a bit to make it more sensational.
  3. to pretend; simulate: to fake illness.
  4. to accomplish by trial and error or by improvising: I don't know the job, but I can fake it.
  5. to trick or deceive (an opponent) by making a fake (often fol. by out): The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.
  6.  Jazz.  
   a. to improvise: to fake an accompaniment.
   b. to play (music) without reading from a score.
  v.i.  
  7. to fake something; pretend.
  8. to give a fake to an opponent.
  9. fake out, Slang.
   a. to trick; deceive: She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job.
   b. to surprise, as by a sudden reversal: They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner.
  n.  
  10. anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.
  11. a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.
  12. a spurious report or story.
  13.  Sports.   a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.
  adj.  
  14. designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.
 [1805-15; orig. vagrants' slang: to do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something); perh. var. of obs. feak, feague to beat, akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe]
 Syn. 3. feign, affect, dissemble, sham, fabricate. 11. fraud, impostor, quack, charlatan, deceiver.
fake2
 /fayk/,  v.  , faked, faking, n. Naut.
  v.t.  
  1. to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often fol. by down).
  n.  
  2. any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down.
  3. any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down.
 Also, flake.
 [1350-1400; ME faken to coil (a rope), of obscure orig.]
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