请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 fineer
释义

fineerv.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch fineeren.
Etymology: Probably < Dutch fineeren to collect money or riches (1555 in this sense) < Middle French finer (see fine v.1; compare fine v.2). Compare early modern German fīnieren to collect money (second half of the 14th cent.; < Middle French).
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To defraud a tradesperson by ordering goods to be made in such a way as to be unsaleable to anyone else, after which, if the tradesperson refuses to give the goods on credit, the fraudster threatens to leave them on the tradesperson's hands.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)]
to pull a finchc1386
to bore a person's nose?1577
to wipe a person's nose1577
verse1591
lurch1593
to grope a gull1594
cheat1647
to lick (another's) fingers1656
to live upon the shark1694
sharp1709
fineer1765
to pluck a pigeon1769
swindle1769
to run a game1894
to sell (a person) a pup1901
scam1963
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)]
faitc1330
defraudc1384
to take (the) advantagea1393
false1393
halt1412
haft1519
juggle1528
wily beguile1550
foist1584
lurch1593
fog1621
imposture1624
rook1637
impone1640
cheat1647
chicane1671
humbug1753
fineer1765
gag1781
mountebank1814
jockeya1835
sniggle1837
barney1848
straw1851
honeyfuggle1856
skinch1891
finagle1926
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > veneer
veneer1742
fineer1765
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance
paintc1390
set1540
daub1543
plaster1546
varnish1571
to gild over1574
adorn1589
parget1592
glaze1605
apparel1615
pranka1616
lustre1627
candidate1628
varnish1641
lacquer1688
whitewash1703
tinsel1748
duff1750
fineer1765
veneer1847
superficialize1851
gloss1879
window dress1913
beglamour1926
sportswash2012
1765 O. Goldsmith Ess. xxv. 227 The young man..could face, fineer, and bring custom to a shop with any man in England.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
v.1765
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 4:36:03