liar

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n. 说谎者

发音

UK /ˈlaɪ.ə/
其它
US /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/

词形变化

liars 复数 liars

别名

lier lyar

教材释义与例句

名词

说谎的人

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.

    说谎者

    大话精

  2. 2.

    A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

    废旧 航海 交通

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

prevaricator

反义词 1

square shooter

上位词 6

cheat cheater trickster deceiver slicker beguiler

下位词 5

storyteller perjurer fabricator false witness fibber

相关短语

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词源

Inherited from Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar. More at lie.

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