| 正面 | 8751.phony 英 ['fəʊnɪ]美 ['foni]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 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adj. 假的，欺骗的n. 假冒者；赝品 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. phony 假的来自phoney的美式拼写。 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." |