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/foh-nee/US // ˈfoʊ ni //UK // (ˈfəʊnɪ) //

冒名顶替,冒牌货,冒名顶替的,冒充

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    pho·ni·er, pho·ni·est.

    • : not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
    • : false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted: a phony explanation.
    • : insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious: a phony sales representative.
n.名词 noun
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    plural pho·nies.

    • : something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
    • : an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person: He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies.
v.有主动词 verb
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    pho·nied, pho·ny·ing.

    • : to falsify; counterfeit; fabricate: to phony up a document.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmisrepresent/misquote
Synonyms
adulterate掺杂,羼杂,掺假,搀杂angle角度,观点,角度问题,视角beard胡子,胡须,大胡子,髯须belie相信,信仰,坚信build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的cloak披风,大氅,大衣,外衣color颜色,色彩,色,色泽con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱cover up掩饰,遮掩,掩盖,隐瞒disguise伪装,掩饰,伪装成,隐蔽性distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解dress衣服,礼服,穿着,穿衣embellish润饰,点缀,修饰,润色embroider绣花,绣制,刺绣,绣equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈falsify篡改,揑造,作假,伪造garble乱码,乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟give snow job冒雪工作,冒雪作业,冒雪上班,冒雪干活mangle钳制,绞杀,掐死,掐断mask面罩,面具,掩码,掩饰miscolor错色,错乱的颜色,错乱的色彩,错位的颜色misinterpret曲解,误读,误解,曲解为misreport虚报,误报,错报,虚报情况misstate误报,误导,误述,误传overdraw透支,过度拉伸,超额完成任务,超额完成overstate多报,多报了,夸大其词,多说palter悸动,掌声,巴特,悸动者pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼pirate海盗,盗版,剽窃,剽窃者prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任promote促进,推动,推广,推销puff泡芙,扑通,扑面而来的,扑灭skew倾斜,歪斜,倾斜度,倾斜性slant斜面,斜线,倾斜的,倾斜snow雪,白雪,积雪,雪花spread it on传播下去,传播到,传播出去,传播到上stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长take out of context断章取义throw a curve抛出一个曲线,抛出曲线,抛出一个弧线,抛出橄榄枝trump up涨价,涨停板,涨价了,涨幅twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了warp经纱,经纬度,经,翘曲
as inpervert
as inmisrepresent
Synonyms
confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱cover up掩饰,遮掩,掩盖,隐瞒disguise伪装,掩饰,伪装成,隐蔽性distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈falsify篡改,揑造,作假,伪造misinterpret曲解,误读,误解,曲解为misstate误报,误导,误述,误传overstate多报,多报了,夸大其词,多说skew倾斜,歪斜,倾斜度,倾斜性adulterate掺杂,羼杂,掺假,搀杂angle角度,观点,角度问题,视角beard胡子,胡须,大胡子,髯须belie相信,信仰,坚信blarney布洛尼,巴尔尼,布洛尼岛,布洛尼语cheese芝士,茄子,酪,奶酪cloak披风,大氅,大衣,外衣color颜色,色彩,色,色泽con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的dress衣服,礼服,穿着,穿衣embellish润饰,点缀,修饰,润色embroider绣花,绣制,刺绣,绣equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的garble乱码,乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟mangle钳制,绞杀,掐死,掐断mask面罩,面具,掩码,掩饰overdraw透支,过度拉伸,超额完成任务,超额完成palter悸动,掌声,巴特,悸动者pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼pirate海盗,盗版,剽窃,剽窃者prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任promote促进,推动,推广,推销puff泡芙,扑通,扑面而来的,扑灭slant斜面,斜线,倾斜的,倾斜snow雪,白雪,积雪,雪花stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了warp经纱,经纬度,经,翘曲blow smoke吹烟,冒烟,吹牛,吹嘘build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的miscolor错色,错乱的颜色,错乱的色彩,错位的颜色misreport虚报,误报,错报,虚报情况trump up涨价,涨停板,涨价了,涨幅
as insophisticate
Synonyms
corrupt贪污,堕落,腐败,贪腐degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化pollute污染,污染环境,污染了,扰乱alloy合金,合金类,合金类的amalgamate合并,混在一起,混杂在一起,混杂attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式blend融合,混合,搅拌,融合了cheapen廉价,削价,便宜,便宜化commingle混杂,混在一起,交融,融合contaminate污染,污染了,沾染,污损cook烹饪,厨师,烹调,煮饭cut切,切割,削减,割debase贬低,贬损,贬值,贬低自己defile丑化,隘口,隘路,弄脏了denature变性,变质depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差devalue贬值,贬低,贬损,贬低价值dilute冲淡,淡化,稀释,冲淡了dissolve溶解,解散,溶化,解除doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫falsify篡改,揑造,作假,伪造impair减损,损害,损伤,减值infiltrate潜入,渗入,混入,渗透到intermix混在一起,混杂,混搭,混合irrigate浇灌,灌注,灌溉,灌输lace系带,花边,腰带,喱士load负荷,负载,装载,加载mingle夹杂,混杂在一起,混在一起,夹杂在一起mix混合,搅拌,混合的,混杂plant工厂shave刮胡子,剃须,刮痧,脱毛spike尖顶,尖峰,尖峰时刻,尖锐湿疣taint污点,污垢,污污,污玷thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细transfuse输血,输液,输注,输送vitiate废止,使之无效,使之失效,使之丧失活力weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了doctor up医生,医师,诊治,诊疗make impure使之不纯洁,使之成为不纯洁的人,使之成为不纯洁的water down掺水,浇水,浇灌,冲淡
as inadulterate
Synonyms
corrupt贪污,堕落,腐败,贪腐degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化pollute污染,污染环境,污染了,扰乱alloy合金,合金类,合金类的amalgamate合并,混在一起,混杂在一起,混杂attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式blend融合,混合,搅拌,融合了cheapen廉价,削价,便宜,便宜化commingle混杂,混在一起,交融,融合contaminate污染,污染了,沾染,污损cook烹饪,厨师,烹调,煮饭cut切,切割,削减,割debase贬低,贬损,贬值,贬低自己defile丑化,隘口,隘路,弄脏了denature变性,变质depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差devalue贬值,贬低,贬损,贬低价值dilute冲淡,淡化,稀释,冲淡了dissolve溶解,解散,溶化,解除doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫falsify篡改,揑造,作假,伪造impair减损,损害,损伤,减值infiltrate潜入,渗入,混入,渗透到intermix混在一起,混杂,混搭,混合irrigate浇灌,灌注,灌溉,灌输lace系带,花边,腰带,喱士load负荷,负载,装载,加载mingle夹杂,混杂在一起,混在一起,夹杂在一起mix混合,搅拌,混合的,混杂plant工厂shave刮胡子,剃须,刮痧,脱毛spike尖顶,尖峰,尖峰时刻,尖锐湿疣taint污点,污垢,污污,污玷thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细transfuse输血,输液,输注,输送vitiate废止,使之无效,使之失效,使之丧失活力weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了doctor up医生,医师,诊治,诊疗make impure使之不纯洁,使之成为不纯洁的人,使之成为不纯洁的water down掺水,浇水,浇灌,冲淡
as incounterfeit
as indilute
as indistort
Synonyms
alter改变,更改,改动,改造belie相信,信仰,坚信deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关disfigure毁容,毁损,毁坏,破相mangle钳制,绞杀,掐死,掐断misconstrue误解,误解了,错解,弄错了misinterpret曲解,误读,误解,曲解为misrepresent歪曲事实,歪曲,虚报,歪曲事实真相pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了warp经纱,经纬度,经,翘曲angle角度,观点,角度问题,视角bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯bias偏见,偏颇,偏袒,偏心buckle扣子,带扣,搭扣,表扣change变化,改变,更改,变革collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷color颜色,色彩,色,色泽con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎curve曲线,弧度,曲线图,弯道decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差deviate偏离,偏差,乖离,偏差的doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货fudge软糖,软膏,软木,软饮料garble乱码,乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟gnarl咆哮,咆哮声,树瘤,嘎嘎声knot打结,绳结,疙瘩,结lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话melt融化,熔化,融化了,熔炼sag下垂,下降,下陷,下垂的scam骗局,诈骗,骗术,骗人slant斜面,斜线,倾斜的,倾斜slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退snow雪,白雪,积雪,雪花torture酷刑,拷问,折磨,酷刑问题whitewash粉饰,粉刷,刷新,擦亮wind缠绕,风,缠绕的,缠绕着wrench扳手writhe写道,撰文make out like卿卿我我,亲热一下,亲热一下吧,卿卿我我的样子misshape错位,错形,错乱的形状,畸形put one on装上一个,戴上一个,放了一个,戴上了一个trump up涨价,涨停板,涨价了,涨幅
as inalter
Synonyms
alter改变,更改,改动,改造belie相信,信仰,坚信deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关disfigure毁容,毁损,毁坏,破相mangle钳制,绞杀,掐死,掐断misconstrue误解,误解了,错解,弄错了misinterpret曲解,误读,误解,曲解为misrepresent歪曲事实,歪曲,虚报,歪曲事实真相pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了warp经纱,经纬度,经,翘曲angle角度,观点,角度问题,视角bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯bias偏见,偏颇,偏袒,偏心buckle扣子,带扣,搭扣,表扣change变化,改变,更改,变革collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷color颜色,色彩,色,色泽con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎curve曲线,弧度,曲线图,弯道decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差deviate偏离,偏差,乖离,偏差的doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货fudge软糖,软膏,软木,软饮料garble乱码,乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟gnarl咆哮,咆哮声,树瘤,嘎嘎声knot打结,绳结,疙瘩,结lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话melt融化,熔化,融化了,熔炼sag下垂,下降,下陷,下垂的scam骗局,诈骗,骗术,骗人slant斜面,斜线,倾斜的,倾斜slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退snow雪,白雪,积雪,雪花torture酷刑,拷问,折磨,酷刑问题whitewash粉饰,粉刷,刷新,擦亮wind缠绕,风,缠绕的,缠绕着wrench扳手writhe写道,撰文make out like卿卿我我,亲热一下,亲热一下吧,卿卿我我的样子misshape错位,错形,错乱的形状,畸形put one on装上一个,戴上一个,放了一个,戴上了一个trump up涨价,涨停板,涨价了,涨幅
as infalsify
Synonyms
contradict驳斥,抵触,违背,违背了contravene违反,抵触,违反了,违背counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货forge锻造,锻压,打造,锻打misstate误报,误导,误述,误传pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼tamper with乱动,篡改,捣乱,窜改adulterate掺杂,羼杂,掺假,搀杂belie相信,信仰,坚信change变化,改变,更改,变革color颜色,色彩,色,色泽con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛cook烹饪,厨师,烹调,煮饭deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫embroider绣花,绣制,刺绣,绣equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的fib纤维,纤维的garble乱码,乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟gloss光泽度,光亮度,词汇量,词汇lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话misquote误引,误引号,错误引用,误引用palter悸动,掌声,巴特,悸动者prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任promote促进,推动,推广,推销salt盐,盐份,盐分,盐业traverse穿过,穿越,横穿,横越twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了warp经纱,经纬度,经,翘曲deacon执事,执事者,执事会,执事会成员dress up打扮,妆扮,装扮,妆饰fake it伪造它,伪造,冒充,冒牌货four-flushframe up框定,陷害,陷落,框定了put on an act装模作样,做戏,装腔作势,演戏trump up涨价,涨停板,涨价了,涨幅
as infeign
Synonyms
contradict驳斥,抵触,违背,违背了contravene违反,抵触,违反了,违背counterfeit造假,冒牌货,假冒,假冒品deceive哄骗,矇骗,欺瞒,矇混过关distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈fake赝品,伪造,伪造的,冒牌货forge锻造,锻压,打造,锻打misstate误报,误导,误述,误传pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼tamper with乱动,篡改,捣乱,窜改adulterate掺杂,羼杂,掺假,搀杂belie相信,信仰,坚信change变化,改变,更改,变革color颜色,色彩,色,色泽con骗局,骗人,骗术,骗人的contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛cook烹饪,厨师,烹调,煮饭deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认doctor医生,医师,博士,大夫embroider绣花,绣制,刺绣,绣equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的fib纤维,纤维的garble乱码,乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟gloss光泽度,光亮度,词汇量,词汇lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话misquote误引,误引号,错误引用,误引用palter悸动,掌声,巴特,悸动者prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任promote促进,推动,推广,推销salt盐,盐份,盐分,盐业traverse穿过,穿越,横穿,横越twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了warp经纱,经纬度,经,翘曲deacon执事,执事者,执事会,执事会成员dress up打扮,妆扮,装扮,妆饰fake it伪造它,伪造,冒充,冒牌货four-flushframe up框定,陷害,陷落,框定了put on an act装模作样,做戏,装腔作势,演戏trump up涨价,涨停板,涨价了,涨幅

Where does phony come from?

Phony is a word that means “fake” or “made up.” But there is nothing fake about this unusual origin story for the word. While the exact origins of phony are unknown, the word likely comes from an old con known as the fawney rig. Fawney is from an Irish word for “finger ring,” and rig is an old term for a “trick” or “swindle.”As for how the trick worked, the swindler would “accidentally” drop a piece of cheap jewelry in front of their target. Then, they would pick it up while acting relieved that they hadn’t lost such a supposedly valuable ring. If the scheme was a success, they’d sell it to the target for much more than it was actually worth.By the 20th century, the spelling of the word was eventually changed from fawney to phony and came to refer to anything fake or counterfeit.The roots of these other words may get a rise—of laughter or surprise—out of you. Run on over to our roundup of them at “Weird Word Origins That Will Make Your Family Laugh.”

Examples

  • My goal wasn’t to try to make phony, gourmet Hot Pockets—people have done that before and that didn’t interest me.

  • Perry, the former governor, who met Ellzey years earlier when he was a pilot with no political connections, relentlessly campaigned for the candidate and got earned media attacking the ads as phony.

  • Pennsylvania’s agency estimated that nearly 84% of its PUA claims were phony.

  • Then, using his phony passport, Fred had flown up to Vancouver, leaving James behind with no good options.

  • As Amy strikes up an increasingly close relationship with Bilel, Profile becomes a portrait of the internet as a vehicle for forming both authentic and phony identities.

  • It just gets a bit phony whenever she wavers and pretends otherwise.

  • He was arrested trying to flee to Jordan using phony identification.

  • Surely they believe as well that the very concept of an ethnic nation “chosen” by God is phony and unjust.

  • This single program alone has generated tens of thousands of phony Twitterers.

  • In 2012, Facebook announced that 83 million profiles—pushing 10 percent of the total number on the site—were phony.

  • I would even, I decided, stoop to having him thrown in jail on a phony charge, if that should be necessary.

  • And you knew, right away, that Swami was a phony from Flatbush.

  • The Swami was an obvious phony of the baldest fakery, yet he had something.

  • He had less than a hundred credits, a knife, a deck of phony cards, and a yellow ticket.

  • Unless the money is phony, or the pass is phony in which case the turnstile locks and all hell breaks loose.