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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、以假乱真。
5. 记法 1: phony音“封你”→再造假就封了你的厂子
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
中文词源
phony 假的
来自phoney的美式拼写。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.
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