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核心畫面

You can picture 'false' as a thing that does not match reality — what is claimed, shown, or worn on the surface is not what is really there underneath. Sometimes the gap is innocent (a statement that simply isn't true), sometimes it's deliberate (something built to fool you). Either way, the core feeling is the same: the outside and the real thing don't line up.

可以把 false 想成「表面和真實對不上」的那種落差——嘴上說的、外表看到的、戴在身上的，跟底下真正的情況不一樣。…更多收起可以把 false 想成「表面和真實對不上」的那種落差——嘴上說的、外表看到的、戴在身上的，跟底下真正的情況不一樣。有時這個落差是無心的（一句話剛好不對），有時是刻意做出來騙人的（假牙、假身分）。但核心感覺都一樣：外面那一層和裡面真的東西兜不起來。

原始詞典資料18 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

FALSEadj

  • 1

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityone of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 0.

falseadj/fɔːls/

  • 1

    Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

    • Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
  • 2

    Based on factually incorrect premises.

    • false legislation, false punishment
  • 3

    Spurious, artificial.

    • false teeth
    • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • 4

    human-scienceslogicmathematicsOf a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

  • 5

    Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

    • a false witness
  • 6

    Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.

    • a false friend, lover, or subject;  false to promises
    • I to my ſelf was falſe, e’re thou to me,[…]
  • 7

    Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.

    • a false conclusion;  a false construction in grammar
    • So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift, / Whoſe falſe foundacion waues haue waſht away,[…]
  • 8

    Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.

    • false scorpion (an arachnid)
    • false killer whale (a dolphin)
  • 10

    entertainmentlifestylemusicOut of tune.

falseverb/fɔːls/

  • 1

    businesscommunicationselectrical-engineeringTo incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.

  • 2

    To begin a race before being instructed to do so; to do a false start.

    • Records have been broken, races have been dedicated, dreams have been dreamed, starts have been falsed and nouns have been verbed.
  • 3

    obsoleteTo violate, to betray (a promise, an agreement, one’s faith, etc.).

    • And he that could with giftes and promiſes, Inueigle him that lead a thouſand horſe, And make him falſe his faith vnto his King, Will quickly win ſuch as be like himſelfe.
  • 4

    obsoleteTo counterfeit, to forge.

  • 5

    obsoleteTo make false, to corrupt from something true or real.

falseadv/fɔːls/

  • 1

    In a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.

    • Sweet Lord, you play me falſe.

falsenoun/fɔːls/

  • 1

    One of two options on a true-or-false test, that not representing true.

    • The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。