| 释义 |
cheat1 /chēt/ noun- A person who cheats
- A fraud
- A deception
- A computer program, piece of software or technique that allows a user, esp a game player, to carry out an unauthorized action
- A card game in which deception is allowed
- An escheat, a forfeit (obsolete)
- A piece of plunder, a stolen thing (obsolete)
- A thing in general, esp the gallows (criminal sl; see also nubbing-cheat under nub3)
transitive verb To deceive, defraud or impose upon intransitive verb To be deceitful ORIGIN: escheat cheatˈer noun - A person who cheats
- An officer who collected the fines and taxes to be paid into the Exchequer (historical)
- (in pl) spectacles (old N Am sl)
- (in pl) falsies (slang)
cheatˈery noun (informal) Cheating cheatˈing noun and adjective cheat on (informal) To deceive, esp to be unfaithful to (one's wife, husband, lover, etc) put a cheat upon To deceive tame cheater (Shakespeare) A decoy |