counterfeit英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A non-genuine article; a fake.

— Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit.
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. obsolete

— Thou drawest a counterfeit / Best in all Athens.
An impostor; a cheat. obsolete

— I fear thou art another counterfeit; / And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king.

动词 v.

To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of. transitive

— to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
To produce a faithful copy of. obsolete,transitive

— The title page of White's original album includes a descriptive title page that identifies the contents as “the pictures of sondry things collected and counterfeited according to the truth,"
To feign; to mimic. obsolete,transitive

— to counterfeit the voice of another person
Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board. transitive

形容词 adj.

False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. not-comparable

— This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.
Inauthentic. not-comparable

— counterfeit sympathy
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical. not-comparable

— an arrant counterfeit rascal

词形变化

counterfeits plural counterfeits present,singular,third-person counterfeiting participle,present counterfeited participle,past counterfeited past

词汇关系

衍生词

anticounterfeit counterfeitly counterfeitment counterfeitness noncounterfeit uncounterfeit anticounterfeiting counterfeitability counterfeitable counterfeitingly uncounterfeited

词源

词源 1

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

词源 2

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

词源 3

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.