put-on是什麽意思

put-on

英美 ['pʊtɔn]

n. 做作的；假裝的；騙局

英文詞源

put-on (n.): "ruse, deception," 1937, from earlier adjectival meaning "assumed, feigned" (1620s), a figurative extension of the notion of putting on costumes or disguises; from put (v.) + on (adv.). The expression put (someone) on "play a trick on" seems to be a back-formation from the noun.

雙語例句

1. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.: 露西的冷淡與世故使得巴裏十分不快。

2. Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.: 她的床收拾得很整潔，衣服也收起來了。

3. The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder.: 那所教師培訓學院為該學院的創立者立了一塊紀念牌匾。

4. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.: 定量供應很久以前就結束了餅幹過剩的狀況。

5. He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.: 他把這起事件向沙特外長作了說明。

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