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facer

/fey-ser/US // ˈfeɪ sər //UK // (ˈfeɪsə) //

脸书,脸谱,脸谱网,脸谱化

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that faces.
    • : Informal. a blow in the face.
    • : British Informal. an unexpected major difficulty, dilemma, or defeat.

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Examples

  • This would have been a “facer” to any but a true son of Uncle Sam.

  • I shall bear it well enough presently; but it's an awful facer, old boy.

  • Take care you don’t get an answer of that sort—a facer, I mean—from the ‘pretty fisher maiden.

  • This was a facer for the ex-priest, and ere he could frame a retort Jerome took up the matter again.

  • This was a facer, for the words "Justice of the Peace" had already set me quaking.