pretend

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of engaging in pretend play. childish,informal,uncountable
    — We used to dress up in our grandparents' old clothes and play pretend.
动词 v.
  1. To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. intransitive
    — You don't have to pretend that the soup tastes fine.
  2. To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.; To engage in make-believe. intransitive
    — She moved her fingers across the desk, pretending to play the piano.
  3. To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.; To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). intransitive,transitive
    — She's pretending illness to get out of the business meeting.
  4. To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.). formal,intransitive
    — The family's exile was intended to stop them pretending to the throne.
  5. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. obsolete,transitive
    — Lest that too heavenly form, pretended / To hellish falsehood, snare them.
  6. To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt. obsolete,transitive
    — Such as shall pretend / Malicious practices against his state.
  7. To hold before one; to extend. obsolete,transitive
    — Pastorella […] Was by the Captaine all this while defended, / Who, minding more her safety then himselfe, / His target alwayes over her pretended[…].
形容词 adj.
  1. Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned. not-comparable
    — As children we used to go on "spying" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend.

词形变化

pretends present,singular,third-person pretending participle,present pretended participle,past pretended past

词汇关系

衍生词
outpretend pretended pretendedly Pretendian pretendingly pretendingness Pretendolino unpretended unpretending
相关词
pretender pretense pretension pretentious pretentiousness

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-der.
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Latin praetendōbor.
Anglo-Norman pretendreder.
English pretend
From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-der.
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Latin praetendōbor.
Anglo-Norman pretendreder.
English pretend
From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-der.
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Latin praetendōbor.
Anglo-Norman pretendreder.
English pretend
From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere (“to put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend.
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