phony是什么意思_phony怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

phony (adj.): also phoney, "not genuine," 1899, perhaps an alteration of fawney "gilt brass ring used by swindlers."
His most successful swindle was selling "painted" or "phony" diamonds. He had a plan of taking cheap stones, and by "doctoring" them make them have a brilliant and high class appearance. His confederates would then take the diamonds to other pawnbrokers and dispose of them. ["The Jewelers Review," New York, April 5, 1899]
The noun meaning "phony person or thing" is attested from 1902.

词态变化

复数 phonies;
比较级 phonier;
最高级 phoniest;
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权威造句

1. The phony glamour of night clubs soon became stale and boring.: 夜总会那种虚荣的繁华不久便失去了新意而使人生厌.

2. He was burned by that phony stock deal.: 他上了那个假股票买卖的当.

3. That man is a total phony, he palms himself off as a Ph . d.: 那家伙是个彻彻底底的冒牌货, 他冒称是个博士.

4. New name, phony passport anal identification.: 改了名, 用的是假护照,假身份证.

5. It worked because it was not just a phony meet - the - people campaign.: 它之所以起作用,是因为它并非只是一种虚假的和选民见面的竞选活动.

近反义词

phoney 假的

phony money 伪钞

phony as a three-dollar bill 假冒的

相似短语

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phony money 伪钞

phony disease of peach 假桃病

antimony triphenyl 三苯基锑

phenylphosphonyl dichloride 苯膦酰二氯

metonymous homonym 后期同名

melaminylphenylstibonic acid 【化】蜜胺基苯酸

phenyl crotonylene 【化】苯基巴豆炔

in any company 在任何交际场合，在（客）人前

bunya bunya phr. 大叶南洋杉

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. fawney: a gilt ring that is passed off as a gold ring. The word is part of British thieves" jargon.
2. fawney: Slang for a ring. Derived from the feudal ritual in which supplicants and inferiors would kiss a lord"s ring when "fawning" or "kissing up" to him.
3. fawney => phoney, phony.
4. fawney "gilt brass ring used by swindlers". => 以次充好、以假乱真。
5. 记法 1: phony音“封你”→再造假就封了你的厂子

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