fake

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
发音 fāk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
    — I suspect this passport is a fake.
  2. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
  3. A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
  4. A trick; a swindle archaic
动词 v.
  1. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. transitive
  2. To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
  3. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate. transitive
    — to fake a marriage
  4. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. archaic
  5. To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is archaic
    — He had a hundred similar tricks, but I never knew him fake a horse, or sell one as sound if it was not.
  6. To improvise, in jazz. ambitransitive
    — Occasionally the opportunity arises to stand up and "fake" a jazz standard.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not real; false, fraudulent.
    — Which fur coat looks fake?
  2. Insincere

词形变化

faker comparative more fake comparative fakest superlative most fake superlative fakes plural fakes present,singular,third-person faking participle,present faked participle,past faked past fakes plural fakes present,singular,third-person faking participle,present faked participle,past faked past

词源

词源 1
The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”), itself from German Low German fegen, from Middle Low German vēgen, from Old Saxon fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn (“to clean up, polish”).
Akin to Dutch veeg (“a swipe”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, wipe”); German fegen (“to sweep, to polish”). Compare also Old English fācn (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related also to Old Norse fjúka (“to fade, vanquish, disappear”), Old Norse feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Middle English faken
English fake
Inherited from Middle English faken (“to coil a rope”).
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