| 单词 | liar |
| 释义 | liar (once / 732 pages) n A liar is someone who doesn't tell the truth. A liar tells lies. "Liar, liar, pants on fire," a phrase of unknown origin, is a children's jump-rope rhyme also used as a playground taunt. Adults, and especially political commentators, have also been known to use the phrase or part of it as a particularly demeaning insult aimed at politicians who make outrageous claims that can't possibly be true. Notice that liar ends in -ar, not -er, as you might expect. WORD FAMILYliar: liars+/lie: lain, liar, lied, lies, lying, overlie, underlie/lied: lieder, lieds/lying: lyings/overlie: overlain, overlies, overlying/underlie: underlain, underlies, underlying USAGE EXAMPLESIn other words, perhaps the incoming president of the United States is a great big liar, a conscienceless opportunist and an unprincipled, amoral, convictionless fraud. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Friends told my partner she was lucky to be with such a bad liar. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) “Anyone who says there’s a militia here is a liar,” Sproul said. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) n a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper prevaricator square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter a frank and honest person Ananias a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying) false witness, perjurer a person who deliberately gives false testimony fabricator, fibber, storytellersomeone who tells lies beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
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