pillow sham
collocation装饰性枕套
The bed was made up with matching pillow shams.
床上铺着配套的装饰枕套。
假货；赝品；冒牌货
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假货；赝品；冒牌货
a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine; a counterfeit
The designer bag turned out to be a sham, made from cheap materials.
那个名牌包原来是假货，由廉价材料制成。
赝品；冒充真品的仿制品。
A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
假冒的东西；不是表面看起来那样的
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
欺骗,欺诈。
Trickery, hoaxing.
做出欺骗性伪装的人；骗子
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
His apology was a sham because he repeated the same mistake the next day.
他的道歉是装出来的，因为第二天他又犯了同样的错误。
The 'gold' coins they sold online were shams.
他们在网上卖的“金币”都是假货。
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装饰性枕套
The bed was made up with matching pillow shams.
床上铺着配套的装饰枕套。
虚假婚姻
They entered a sham marriage to obtain citizenship.
他们为了获得国籍而假结婚。
虚假审判
The dictator staged a sham trial for his opponents.
独裁者对其反对者进行了一场虚假审判。
彻头彻尾的骗局
The whole story turned out to be a complete sham.
整个故事结果是个彻头彻尾的骗局。
虚假交易
The company used sham transactions to hide its losses.
该公司利用虚假交易掩盖亏损。
Poochie是个冒牌货！它是个廉价的电视专用冒牌货！
In the classic 'The Simpsons' episode 'The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show' (1997), Comic Book Guy condemns the new cartoon dog Poochie as an obvious fake.
在经典剧集《辛普森一家》的《Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show》（1997）一集中，漫画迷男斥责新卡通狗Poochie明显是个假货。
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联想记忆：sham 末尾藏着 am（“是”），可它偏偏是假货——看到 am 别轻信“我是真的”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、everyday conversations about fraud or fakes sham 作名词时通常指假货、骗局或冒充者，多用于正式或书面语境，如新闻评论和政论文章；在日常口语中虽不如 fake 常用，但用来强调某事物完全是伪装时也自然。总体属于中性偏正式的表达。
与 sham /ʃæm/ 押韵（/æm/）的有 ham、jam、clam、slam、dam。注意 shame /ʃeɪm/ 拼写相近但发 /eɪm/，与 sham 不押韵。
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