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counterfeit

adjective

🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪt/

🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪt/

(formal)

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(of money and goods for sale钱币及商品) made to look exactly like something in order to trick people into thinking that they are getting the real thing伪造的；仿造的；假冒的 synonym fake
- counterfeit watches冒牌手表
- Are you aware these notes are counterfeit?你觉察到这些钞票是伪造的吗？🔊🔊
opposite genuine
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Counterfeit is used with these nouns:
bill
coin
goods
…
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Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.

counterfeit

noun

🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪt/

🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪt/

(formal)

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an object that is not what somebody claims it is, but has been made to look as if it is, in order to trick people into thinking that they are getting the real thing synonym fake (1)
- Despite the introduction of a security shield on the new £10 stamp, counterfeits are costing the postal service millions of pounds a year.尽管在新版10英镑邮票上采用了安全防护罩，但假冒伪劣邮件每年仍在邮政服务上造成数百万英镑的损失。
compare forgery

counterfeit

verb

🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪt/

🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪt/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they counterfeit	🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪt/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪt/
he / she / it counterfeits	🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪts/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪts/
past simple counterfeited	🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪtɪd/
past participle counterfeited	🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪtɪd/
-ing form counterfeiting	🔊/ˈkaʊntəfɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkaʊntərfɪtɪŋ/

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counterfeit something to make an exact copy of something in order to trick people into thinking that it is the real thing伪造；仿造；制假 compare forge
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.