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单词 fake
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fakenoun [ C ]

uk/feɪk/us/feɪk/

C2 an object that is made to look real or valuable in order to deceive people:

Experts revealed that the painting was a fake.
The gun in his hand was a fake.

C2 someone who is not what or who they claim to be:

After working for ten years as a doctor, he was exposed as a fake.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Faking & pretending

  • a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
  • affect
  • assume
  • believe
  • bluff
  • changeling
  • charlatan
  • feign
  • fraud
  • go through the motions idiom
  • guise
  • impostor
  • play at sth
  • play possum idiom
  • play sth out
  • play-acting
  • pose as sb
  • professed
  • purport
  • quack

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fakeadjective

uk/feɪk/us/feɪk/

C1 not real, but made to look or seem real:

He was charged with possessing a fake passport.
fake fur/blood

disapproving showing or pretending to feel emotions that are not sincere:

a fake smile/laugh
She's so fake, pretending to be everybody's friend.

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Faking & pretending

  • a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
  • affect
  • assume
  • believe
  • bluff
  • changeling
  • charlatan
  • feign
  • fraud
  • go through the motions idiom
  • guise
  • impostor
  • play at sth
  • play possum idiom
  • play sth out
  • play-acting
  • pose as sb
  • professed
  • purport
  • quack

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Natural and artificial

fakeverb

uk/feɪk/us/feɪk/

fake verb (FEELING/ILLNESS)

C2 [ I or T ] to pretend that you have a feeling or illness:

to fake surprise
to fake an orgasm
She didn't want to go out, so she faked a headache.
He faked a heart attack and persuaded prison staff to take him to hospital.
He isn't really crying, he's just faking.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Faking & pretending

  • a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
  • affect
  • assume
  • believe
  • bluff
  • changeling
  • charlatan
  • feign
  • fraud
  • go through the motions idiom
  • guise
  • impostor
  • play at sth
  • play possum idiom
  • play sth out
  • play-acting
  • pose as sb
  • professed
  • purport
  • quack

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fake verb (OBJECT)

C2 [ T ] to make an object look real or valuable in order to deceive people:

to fake a document/signature

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Forgery

  • bootleg
  • counterfeit
  • forge
  • forgery
  • hijack
  • knock-off
  • piracy
  • pirate
  • plagiarize

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Faking & pretending
faker
noun [ C ] uk/ˈfeɪ.kər/us/ˈfeɪ.kɚ/
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