scam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 fraudulent or dishonest deal. A swindle.

— That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.
Something that is promoted using scams.

— That new diet burger is a scam.

动词 v.

To defraud or embezzle. ambitransitive

— They tried to scam her out of her savings.
To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on. slang

— His friend nudged me. "It's true. JJ only scams black ladies." / "You don't say?" / "J-boy scammed a real live Miss Black Universe once. Met her in a disco down in Honduras. Wearing her title. Since then he's been obsessed."

词形变化

scams plural scams present,singular,third-person scamming participle,present scammed participle,past scammed past

词汇关系

衍生词

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并列词

take for a ride

词源

词源 1

US American carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.

词源 2

US American carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.