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feint

/feynt/US // feɪnt //UK // (feɪnt) //

假动作,佯攻,佯装,佯谬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
    • : a feigned or assumed appearance: His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a feint: He feinted left, then struck his opponent with a roar.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
    • : to make a false show of; simulate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • While some may see a cynical feint—float in the Dead Sea and watch the Jewish vote pour in!

  • Netanyahu had no choice but to at least feint in this direction.

  • It increased in volume, this firing, until I feared that what had been started as a feint was being pushed forward to a victory.

  • On the evening of the 15th his advance made a feint demonstration against Petersburg, and on the 16th made his attack in force.

  • The boatswain swore with wicked words,Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit,'Twas nothing but a feint.

  • She is jesting: I have it here; Monsieur, the feint is useless.

  • But Clairon considers that this is a feint on his part, and that he will arrive sooner, in order to surprise her.