feint

• n. 佯攻；偽裝
• vi. 佯攻；假裝
• vt. 佯攻
• adj. 假的

來自法語，詞源同feign. 字母g過去分詞格-ct，字母c脫落。用來指假動作。

feint

feint: The noun feint [17] and the adjective feint [19] are essentially different words, but they have a common ultimate origin. Feint ‘misleading mock attack’ was borrowed from French feinte, a noun use of the feminine form of the past participle of feindre ‘pretend’ (from which English got feign). Feint ‘printed with pale lines’ is an artificial variant of faint introduced in the printing trade in the mid 19th century (and faint itself originally came from the past participle of feindre).
=> faint, feign

feint (n.)

1670s, "a false show, assumed appearance;" 1680s as "a pretended blow, movement made to deceive an opponent as to the object of an attack," from French feinte "a feint, sham, fabrication, pretense," abstract noun from Old French feint "false, deceitful; sham, artificial; weak, faint, lazy, indolent" (13c.), originally fem. past participle of feindre "pretend, shirk" (see feign).

Borrowed c. 1300 as adjective ("deceitful," also "enfeebled; lacking in courage;" see feint (v.)), but long obsolete in that sense except as a trade spelling of faint among stationers and paper-makers. Also as a noun in Middle English with senses "false-heartedness" (early 14c.), "bodily weakness" (c. 1400).

feint (v.)

c. 1300, feinten, "to deceive, pretend" (obsolete), also "become feeble or exhausted; to lack spirit or courage," from Middle English feint (adj.) "feigned, false, counterfeit" and directly from Old French feint "false, deceitful; weak, lazy," past participle of feindre "to hesitate, falter; lack courage; feign, pretend, simulate" (see feign). Sense of "make a sham attack, make a pretended blow" is attested by 1833, from the noun (1680s as "a feigned attack"). Related: Feinted; feinting.

1. The contest becomes mainly one of feint and counterfeint.

這場比賽變成了一場以佯攻與反佯攻為主的較量.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Make a feint to the east but attack in the west.

聲東擊西.

來自辭典例句

3. The boy made a feint of studying hard, though actually he was listening to the radio.

這孩子實際上正在聽收音機, 卻假裝著在用功.

來自辭典例句

4. With lightning feint, one after another pair finally seized hold and began to grapple.

一對對摔跤手采取聲東擊西的佯攻手法,使對方猝不及防,終於揪住了對方,開始搏鬥起來.

來自辭典例句

5. The enemy was at first deceived by feint on Berlin, but not for long enough.

敵人起初被我們對柏林的佯攻所欺騙, 但這種情況並未維持多久.

來自辭典例句