sham  /ʃ'æm/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  sham
  假,贗品,騙子,哄騙(a.)假的,偽造的(vt.)假裝,學樣子(vi.)裝假

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sham \Sham\, a.
     False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham
     fight.
  
           They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by
           the Athenians.                           --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd)

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Shamming}.]
     1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false
        pretenses.
  
              Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange.
  
     2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]
  
              We must have a care that we do not . . . sham
              fallacies upon the world for current reason.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
  
     3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape;
        to feign.
  
     {To sham Abram} or {Abraham}, to feign sickness; to malinger.
        Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham
        Abram, or Sham Abraham.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sham \Sham\, v. i.
     To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
  
           Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were
           such fools as they professed to be, or were only
           shamming.                                --Macaulay.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sham \Sham\, n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a
     disgrace, a trick. See {Shame}, n.]
     1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or
        device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe;
        delusion; imposture, humbug. ``A mere sham.'' --Bp.
        Stillingfleet.
  
              Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. --Addison.
  
     2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  
     {Pillow sham}, a covering to be laid on a pillow.

資料來源(6): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  sham
       adj : adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed
             cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive
             sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish
             voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: {assumed}, {false}, {fictitious},
              {fictive}, {pretended}, {put on}]
       n 1: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
            [syn: {fake}, {postiche}]
       2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor},
           {pretender}, {fake}, {faker}, {fraud}, {shammer}, {pseudo},
           {pseud}, {role player}]
       v 1: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
            she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: {simulate},
             {assume}, {feign}]
       2: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he
          was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: {feign}, {pretend},
           {affect}, {dissemble}]
       [also: {shamming}, {shammed}]