be a fake
可数名词，指假冒的物品，常用在 be 动词后作表语；指人时意为“冒充者、骗子”。
The passport he showed the officer was a fake.
他给警官看的那本护照是假的。
赝品；假货
fakes — plural of fake
骗子；冒充者；假动作；虚晃；绳圈；（缆绳的）一圈；不真实或以欺诈方式呈现的东西；缆绳或绳索盘绕时的一个圈或一圈
A thing that is not genuine; a counterfeit or imitation.
不真实或以欺诈方式呈现的东西
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
缆绳或绳索盘绕时的一个圈或一圈
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
伪造的东西；不是真实的
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
用于欺骗对手以获得优势的动作,例如在运球过人时
A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
伪装欺骗的人
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
(足球)球员的假动作
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
The painting was discovered to be a fake after experts examined it.
专家检查后发现这幅画是赝品。
用法提示：名词，表示假货／赝品。
He turned out to be a fake who had lied about his credentials.
他原来是个骗子，谎报了自己的资历。
用法提示：名词，表示骗子。
The player sold a fake to the defender and then passed the ball.
该球员向防守队员做了一个假动作，然后传球。
用法提示：名词，表示足球中的假动作。
可数名词，指假冒的物品，常用在 be 动词后作表语；指人时意为“冒充者、骗子”。
The passport he showed the officer was a fake.
他给警官看的那本护照是假的。
表示经查证后才发现是假的，比直接说 is a fake 多一层“原来是”的意思。
The diamond she bought turned out to be a fake.
她买的那颗钻石结果是个假货。
用介词 of 引出被仿冒的真品。
This vase is a fake of a Ming original.
这个花瓶是一件明代真品的仿制品。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought fake on Taobao yesterday.
正确表达I bought a fake on Taobao yesterday.
fake 作名词是可数名词，单数泛指时必须加不定冠词 a/an。汉语“我买了个假货”不需要冠词，学习者常直接省略，导致 a fake 前缺冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The market is full of fake.
正确表达The market is full of fakes.
fake 是可数名词，表示“多个假货”要用复数形式 fakes；full of 后接可数名词时需用复数。汉语名词本身不变化，学习者容易漏掉词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子His friendliness is a fake.
正确表达His friendliness is fake.
表示“（某品质）是装出来的、不真诚的”要用形容词 fake 作表语，此时不能用名词 a fake，因为名词 fake 指“赝品、冒牌货”这类实物或人，不能指抽象品质。汉语“假的”名词、形容词同形，学习者常误加冠词写成 a fake。
是赝品；是假的
We thought the vase was valuable, but it turned out to be a fake.
我们以为那个花瓶很值钱，结果发现是个赝品。
识别赝品；辨别假货
With her experience, she can spot a fake at a glance.
凭她的经验，她一眼就能识别出赝品。
彻头彻尾的冒牌货（或骗子）
The man insisted he could predict the future, but he was a complete fake.
那人坚称自己能预知未来，但他完全是个冒牌货。
揭露某人是冒牌货
The investigation exposed the charity founder as a fake.
调查揭露那位慈善机构创始人是冒牌货。
（体育中）用假动作骗过对手
He sold the fake and drove to the basket.
他做了个假动作骗过对手，然后带球上篮。
指伪造文书、货币或艺术品，属于 fake 的“假货/伪造物”范畴。
一种为误导他人而编造的骗局，与 fake 的欺诈义相关。
以欺骗手段牟利的阴谋，和 fake 同属不真实/欺诈的语义场。
欺骗行为本身，是 fake 所蕴含“不真实、误导”的核心概念。
伪装成他人的人，对应 fake 作名词时的“冒牌者”义项。
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