false

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /fɔːls/|/fɒls/    美 /fɔls/|/fɑls/|/fɔls/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of two options on a true-or-false test, that not representing true.
    — The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.
动词 v.
  1. To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
  2. To begin a race before being instructed to do so; to do a false start.
    — Records have been broken, races have been dedicated, dreams have been dreamed, starts have been falsed and nouns have been verbed.
  3. To violate, to betray (a promise, an agreement, one’s faith, etc.). obsolete
    — And he that could with giftes and promiſes, Inueigle him that lead a thouſand horſe, And make him falſe his faith vnto his King, Will quickly win ſuch as be like himſelfe.
  4. To counterfeit, to forge. obsolete
  5. To make false, to corrupt from something true or real. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
    — Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
  2. Based on factually incorrect premises.
    — false legislation, false punishment
  3. Spurious, artificial.
    — false teeth
  4. Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  5. Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
    — a false witness
  6. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
    — a false friend, lover, or subject;  false to promises
  7. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
    — a false conclusion;  a false construction in grammar
  8. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  9. Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
    — false scorpion (an arachnid)
  10. Out of tune.
副词 adv.
  1. In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
    — Sweet Lord, you play me falſe.

词形变化

falser comparative falsest superlative falses present,singular,third-person falsing participle,present falsed participle,past falsed past more false comparative most false superlative falses plural

词汇关系

近义词
lease
衍生词
bear false witness false 9 false acacia false action false advertising false alarm false albacore false alder false analogy false antechinus false arrest false attack false balance false banana false blue indigo false borrowing false bottom false buttonweed falsecard false chanterelle false cirrus false cognate false colour false conception false consciousness false cousin false croup false cypress false daisy false dandelion false dawn false dichotomy false dilemma false documentary falsedom false door false drop false easting false economy false equivalence false eyelash false eyelashes false face falseface false fire false-flag false flag false flagged false-flagger false flagger false flagging false flat false flax false foxglove false friend false fruit falseful false galena false gavial false gharial false grip false harmonic falseheart false-hearted false-heartedly false-heartedness false hellebore false hemp false hermaphrodite false holly falsehood false horsewood false imprisonment false ironwort false jewel beetle false keel false key false light false lily of the valley false loan false loose smut false mallow false map turtle false mastic false mayweed false measles false memory false-memory syndrome false memory syndrome false mermaid false mesquite false miterwort false modesty false monarch false morel false move falsen false negative falseness false nine false northing false note false number 9 false owlet moth false oxlip false pimpernel false pineapple false plane tree false plum anemone false positive false potato beetle false pregnancy false pretence false pretense false primary false quarter false Queen Anne's lace false rail false relation false rhubarb false rib false saber-toothed cat false sabre-toothed cat false sandalwood false scent false scorpionfish false sergeant false sharing false shower false signal false start false step false strawberry false summit false tack false teeth false tree false trevally false truffle false vacuum false vampire bat false verbena false violet false violin spider false widow false witness falsework false works falsie falsifiable falsification falsify falsish falsism falsity falsy feathery false lily of the valley nonfalse partial false friend play someone false put someone in a false position ring false rough-leaf false vervain sail under false colors shrubby false buttonweed strike a false note superfalse tralse true-false true or false true-or-false unfalse yellow false indigo

词源

词源 1
From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”).
词源 2
From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”).
词源 3
From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”).
词源 4
From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”).
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