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sham 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/SHam/,
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shams, plural;
  1. Bogus; false
    • - a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage
Verb
  1. Falsely present something as the truth
    • - was he ill or was he shamming?
  2. Pretend to be or to be experiencing
    • - she shams indifference
Noun
  1. A thing that is not what it is purported to be
    • - the proposed legislation is a farce and a sham
  2. Pretense
    • - it all turned out to be sham and hypocrisy
  3. A person who pretends to be someone or something they are not
    • - he was a sham, totally unqualified for his job as a senior doctor
  1. assumed: 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"
  2. fake: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  3. simulate: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
  4. feign: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
  5. imposter: a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  6. Sham (April 9, 1970 – April 3, 1993) was an American thoroughbred race horse, often overlooked in history because of his larger than life peer, Secretariat, of the same birth year. He was a dark seal brown in color, almost black. While racing, he wore green and yellow blinkers. ...
  7. The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. ...
  8. Greater Syria (سوريّة الكبرى), also known simply as Syria, is a term that denotes a region in the Near East bordering the Eastern Mediterranean Sea or the Levant.
  9. (Shamly) Şamlı may refer to: * Şamlı, Qabala, Azerbaijan * Şamlı, Zangilan, Azerbaijan
  10. (The Shams) The Shams were an all-female New York folk pop trio in the 1980s and early 1990s, featuring Amy McMahon Rigby, Sue Garner, and Amanda Uprichard. ...
  11. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine; Trickery, hoaxing; A decorative cover for a pillow; To deceive, cheat, lie; Intended to deceive; false
  12. (shamming) goofing off or getting by with as little effort as possible
  13. Shams are decorative pillow covers. Usually ruffled or flanged, shams are used as extra pillows on beds to hide the bed pillows and coordinate with the outer bed covering, like a bedspread or comforter. ...
  14. (SHAMS (ASH)) "The Sun". Surah 91 of the Holy Qur’an.
  15. (Shams) Similar to pillowcases, but generally intended to be decorative. Usually made with flanges on each side and an opening in the middle of the back to put the pillow inside.
  16. Something false presented to be genuine; a spurious imitation. Derived from the word shame, meaning trick or fraud.
  17. A treatment, e.g., medication or procedure, used in a scientific study as a control, usually omitting some or all key therapeutic elements of the treatment being studied; commonly called a “placebo.”
  18. A business transaction, such as a limited partnership, that is entered into for the sake of avoiding tax.
  19. Historically a cover that laid on top of a pillow, today the sham is a decorative cover that fully encases the pillow.
  20. sham (shŕm) noun 1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation. 2. The quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense. 3. One who assumes a false character; an impostor: . He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!. (Joseph Conrad). 4. ...
  21. A type of removable pillow covering. Often larger than a pillowcase, some shams have a flange and/or a quilted front. Designed to protect a pillow while offering a stylish appeal. Pottery Barn Kids offers shams in standard and small sizes.
  22. Fake; used to refer to false-fronted drawers.
  23. Shapeshifter. Since he had no innate attack powers, he was also trained as a commando. Insecure and attached to his family. Numerous allusions were made to Sham being the most powerful of the DNAgents, including his kidnapping and use as a power-source for the villain Mega Man.
  24. (also known as Pillow Sham or Standard Sham)
  25. Town in Syria and the capital of the Islamic Nation during Benu Umayya rule (Damascus).  Sham is sometimes used to refer to Syria.