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/ˈlaɪər/ · /ˈlaɪə/
Someone who says things that are not true, when they know the truth and choose to say something else.
說謊的人；騙子
複數 liars
核心畫面
Someone who knows what is true and chooses to say something else. The word does not point at a wrong sentence — it points at a person, and names them for what they did on purpose.
可以想成：一個人心裡清楚事情是怎樣，卻挑了另一套說出來。關鍵不在那句話剛好講錯，而在他知道、還是那樣講。所以 lia…更多收起
可以想成：一個人心裡清楚事情是怎樣，卻挑了另一套說出來。關鍵不在那句話剛好講錯，而在他知道、還是那樣講。所以 liar 這個字不是在描述一句話，而是貼在「人」身上的稱呼——說出口就是當面指控對方存心騙人，份量比中文的「你搞錯了」重得多。原始詞典資料2 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。
liarnoun/ˈlaɪ.ə/
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Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
- He simply said, "We know, the Big Satan is a big liar."
- She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough![…]What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything?[…]’
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obsoletenauticaltransportA swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
- The Swabber is to keep the Cabbins, and all the Rooms of the Ship clean within board, and the Liar to do the like without board. The Liar holds his Place but for a week; and he that is first taken with a Lie upon a Monday morning, […] for that week he is under the Swabber, and meddles not with making clean the Ship within board, but without.
- The swabber, perhaps the lowliest position on the ship, was responsible for cleaning the decks. By tradition, each Monday a new crewmember was appointed the liar—the first person caught telling a lie the previous week.
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。