英语词汇“lie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lie²

(lī)

1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.

2. Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true: learned his parents had been swindlers and felt his whole childhood had been a lie.

v. lied, ly·ing (līĭng), lies

v.intr.

1. To present false information with the intention of deceiving.

2. To convey a false image or impression: Appearances often lie.

v.tr.

To say or write as a lie.

Idiom:

lie through (one's) teeth

To lie outrageously or brazenly.

[Middle English, from Old English lyge; see leugh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: lie², equivocate, fib, prevaricate
These verbs mean to evade or depart from the truth: a witness who lied under oath; didn't equivocate about her real purpose; fibbed to escape being scolded; didn't prevaricate but answered honestly.

单词	lie
释义	lie² (lī) n. 1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true: learned his parents had been swindlers and felt his whole childhood had been a lie. v. lied, ly·ing (līĭng), lies v.intr. 1. To present false information with the intention of deceiving. 2. To convey a false image or impression: Appearances often lie. v.tr. To say or write as a lie. *Idiom:* *lie through (one's) teeth* To lie outrageously or brazenly. [Middle English, from Old English lyge; see leugh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] *Synonyms:* lie², equivocate, fib, prevaricate These verbs mean to evade or depart from the truth: a witness who lied under oath; didn't equivocate about her real purpose; fibbed to escape being scolded; didn't prevaricate but answered honestly.
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