| 英语单词 | lying |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['laɪŋ] 美 ['laɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.说谎的 动词lie的现在分词. |
| 英语例句 | (1) He has given a lying account of the accident. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他谎报了事故的经过。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you engage in lying, you're fabricating, prevaricating, or speaking falsely. You are deliberately deviating from the truth. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If lying is the act of telling a lie, then "lying through your teeth" is the act of telling a bold lie, even if you know your listener will immediately know you're lying. Descended from a line in a Marx Brothers film, "Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?" is spoken (ironically) by someone who's been caught lying and, instead of admitting it, says the evidence is wrong, as well as the person who's looking right at it. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 Lying is the present participle of lie. |
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