phony是什么意思

phony

英 ['f??n?] 美 ['foni]

adj. 假的，欺騙的
n. 假冒者；贗品

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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、以假亂真。
5. 記法 1: phony音“封你”→再造假就封了你的廠子

中文詞源

phony 假的

來自phoney的美式拼寫。

英文詞源

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.

雙語例句

1. The phony glamour of night clubs soon became stale and boring.: 夜總會那種虛榮的繁華不久便失去了新意而使人生厭.

2. He was burned by that phony stock deal.: 他上了那個假股票買賣的當.

3. That man is a total phony, he palms himself off as a Ph . d.: 那家伙是個徹徹底底的冒牌貨, 他冒稱是個博士.

4. New name, phony passport anal identification.: 改了名, 用的是假護照,假身份證.

5. It worked because it was not just a phony meet - the - people campaign.: 它之所以起作用,是因為它并非只是一種虛假的和選民見面的競選活動.

phony是什么意思

phony

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