| 单词 | phony |
| 释义 | phony —phonily, adv. —phoniness, n. /foh"nee/, adj., phonier, phoniest, n. , pl. phonies, v. , phonied, phonying. adj. 1. not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond. 2. false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted: a phony explanation. 3. insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious: a phony sales representative. n. 4. something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake. 5. an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person: He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies. v.t. 6. to falsify; counterfeit; fabricate (often fol. by up): to phony up a document. Also, phoney. [1895-1900; perh. alter. and resp. of fawney (slang) finger ring ( < Ir fsptáinne), if taken to mean "false" in the phrase fawney rig a confidence game in which a brass ring is sold as a gold one] Syn. 4. fraud, imitation, hoax. |
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