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Feint French Pretended Noun Sense V./N.佯攻,佯击 英 V

单词 feint
音标 [feint]
解释 v./n.佯攻,佯击
红宝书 【英】 v./ n. 佯攻,佯击(a pretended attack or blow)
【例】 He feinted at me with his left hand.
字源 feint (n.)
1670s, "a false show, a pretended blow," from French feinte "a feint, sham," abstract noun from Old French feint (13c.) "false, deceitful," originally fem. past participle of feindre (see feign).
Borrowed late 13c. as adjective, but now obsolete in that sense. Also as a noun in Middle English with sense "false-heartedness" (early 14c.), also "bodily weakness" (c.1400).
feint (v.)
c.1300, feinten, "to deceive, pretend," also "become feeble or exhausted; to lack spirit or courage," from feint (adj.); see feint (n.). Compare Old French feintir "be slow, delay." Sense of "to make a sham attack" is first attested 1833. Related: Feinted; feinting.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】同feined;很多人网上说faint,faint的,都是假装出来的(不是真的晕,只表示一种感慨)

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