phony

大学 FREQ #7015

n. 假货, 假冒者, 赝品 a. 伪造的, 假的, 不可信的, 华而不实的

发音

US /ˈfoʊni/
US

词形变化

phonies 复数 phonies phonied phonies 三单 phonying phonying 现在分词 phonied 过去式 phonied 过去分词 phonier 比较级 phonier phoniest phoniest 最高级

别名

phoney

教材释义与例句

名词

假冒者；赝品

形容词

假的，欺骗的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

    非正式

    He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.

  2. 2.

    A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.

    说慌话的人

    非正式

    He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.

  3. 3.

    Anything fraudulent or fake.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To fake.

    非正式
adj.
  1. 1.

    Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

    假

    非正式

    A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

hypocrite phoney pretender dissembler dissimulator

上位词 6

cheat cheater trickster deceiver slicker beguiler

下位词 8

smoothie charmer smoothy sweet-talker tartufe tartuffe whited sepulcher whited sepulchre
形容词

同义词 4

bastard fake bogus phoney

近义相关 2

counterfeit imitative

相关短语

Phony War phony as a three-dollar bill phony up Phony Stark phony disease phony peach disease Phoney War peach phony disease

词源

Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”).

来源：wiktionary