faker

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈfeɪkɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who fakes something.
  2. An impostor or impersonator.
    — The ordinary Christian will read the claims of the New Thought fakers with contempt; but have I not shown the Catholic Church publishing long lists of money-miracles?
  3. A friendly unit (usually aircraft) that acts as a hostile unit in a military exercise. broadly
    — faker: A friendly track acting as a hostile for exercise purposes. (STANAG 1241)
  4. A thief. obsolete
  5. A peddler of petty things. obsolete
    — He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker [umbrella seller], has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]
  6. A snake oil salesman; one who makes exaggerated claims about a product he sells.
    — Yet the faker is not an unpopular visitor to the country fair. On the contrary, a country fair at which was not heard the stentorian shouts of the faker to "come on, boys; here's the chance to make your fortune," would be considered a dismal failure.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of fake: more fake. comparative,form-of
    — The name sounds faker than fake.

词形变化

fakers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bit-faker clyfaker flue-faker mugfaker nature faker poodle-faker
相关词
fakir

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Middle English faken
English fake
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English faker
From fake + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Middle English faken
English fake
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English faker
From fake + -er.
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