单词	fob
释义	fob1 verbfob2 noun fobfob1 /fɒb $ fɑːb/ verb (past tense and past participle fobbed, present participle fobbing) informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINfob1 Origin: 1500-1600 fob ‘to deceive’ (16-19 centuries) Verb Table VERB TABLE fob Simple Form Present I, you, we, they fob he, she, it fobs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they fobbed Present perfect I, you, we, they have fobbed he, she, it has fobbed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had fobbed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will fob Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have fobbed Continuous Form Present I am fobbing he, she, it is fobbing you, we, they are fobbing Past I, he, she, it was fobbing you, we, they were fobbing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been fobbing he, she, it has been fobbing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been fobbing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be fobbing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been fobbing Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Confronted in his domestic environment, he would find it more difficult to fob her off. Convention demanded that a woman must skirt around the truth, fobbing off a man while leading him on. Gavin repeatedly tried to fob them off and one family has still not been paid. I hoped the Hall Brothers were not going to try to fob us off by paying us in kind. It was impossible to fob her off with vague statements - and perhaps unwise. Madame Weill, a tiny woman in a tailored suit, tried to fob the policeman off. She tried to fob him off tactfully at first, but then he became brutal. They were instructed to fob them off with promises in order to get them back to work as quickly as possible. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto give someone something useless or that you do not want► palm something off on informal to get rid of something that you do not want by giving or selling it to someone else without telling them about its faults: · If he tries to palm that old Ford of his off on you, just tell him you're not interested.· I've managed to palm that early morning class off on Mary - she's desperate for work. ► fob somebody off with to make someone accept something that is not as good as or not the same as the thing that they actually wanted: · Don't let him fob you off with some cheap imported whisky -- you want the real thing.· People are much more selective about what they watch on TV these days, and they don't want to be fobbed off with any old rubbish. ► offload to get rid of something such as work or responsibility that you have by giving part of it to someone else: · You should try and offload some of your duties and relax more, instead of spending all day at the office.· The bank are trying to offload some of their US holdings. fob somebody ↔ off phrasal verb1to tell someone something that is not true in order to stop them from complainingfob off with She fobbed him off with a promise to pay him the money next week.2to give someone something that is not very good instead of the thing they really wantfob off with They tried to fob me off with a cheap camera. fob1 verbfob2 noun fobfob2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINfob2 Origin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from German fuppe ‘pocket’ Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► watch · In the hushed surroundings of a smart restaurant, Boon fiddles enigmatically with a fob watch on a neck chain.· Catherine opened her coat and looked at her fob watch. a small object that is fixed to a key ring as a decoration
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