fib
/fɪb/ (bre, ipa) · /fɪb/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfib/ (ame, mw)
fib — 動詞
- fibpresent simple I / you / we / they
- fibs3rd person singular
- fibbing-ing form
- fibbedpast simple
1. to say something untrue about a minor matter, usually to spare feelings or avoid
撒小謊
為小事或客套說無傷大雅的謊
to say something untrue about a minor matter, usually to spare feelings or avoid a long explanation rather than to deceive in any serious way.
Jin fibbed about his age so he could enter the teen art contest.
Jin 在年齡上撒了小謊，這樣才能參加青少年美術比賽。
fib about + noun for the topic of the small lie
When Ezra asked if dinner was tasty, Defne fibbed and said it was wonderful.
Ezra 問晚餐好不好吃時，Defne 說了瞎話，告訴他非常美味。
fibbed and said + reported speech to spare someone's feelings
Children sometimes fib when they are afraid of being scolded by their parents.
小孩有時會在害怕被父母責罵時撒小謊。
Don't fib to me about where you were last night, Ishaan!
Ishaan，別跟我撒謊昨晚你到底去了哪裡！
Felipe fibbed that the traffic was terrible, but really he had overslept.
Felipe 撒小謊說路上塞車很嚴重，其實他是睡過頭了。
- lie
blunt and broader; covers serious dishonesty as well as small ones, while 'fib' stays light.
- make something up
informal; suggests invention more than evasion, often playful.
- tell a white lie
phrase used when the motive is to be polite or kind, similar in spirit to fibbing.
- tell the truth
the plain opposite when honesty is the alternative being highlighted.
文法句型
fib about + noun phrase
fib + that-clause
用法筆記
Only used for trivial, harmless untruths — never for serious deception, perjury, or fraud. Subject is usually a person; the lie itself is small enough that a listener would forgive it once revealed.
常見錯誤
fib — 名詞
- fibsingular
- fibsplural
1. a minor untruth that someone tells for politeness or convenience, the kind nobod
小謊
為禮貌或方便而說的無關緊要小謊
a minor untruth that someone tells for politeness or convenience, the kind nobody would treat as a serious offence even if discovered.
Indra told a little fib about being sick so she could skip the office party.
Indra 為了不去公司聚會，撒了個小謊說自己生病了。
tell a fib + about for the topic — most common collocation
Mathieu admitted the whole story was a fib designed to make his classmates laugh.
Mathieu 承認整個故事只是一個用來逗同學笑的小謊。
be + a fib — predicative noun usage
Sivan caught her younger brother in a fib about who had eaten the last cookie.
Sivan 抓到弟弟在誰吃掉最後一塊餅乾這件事上撒了個小謊。
Élise's grandmother always laughed off the small fibs the children told at bedtime.
Élise 的奶奶總是一笑置之，對於孩子們在睡前說的小謊。
Sophia confessed that her excuse about a broken alarm was just a harmless fib.
Sophia 坦承她說鬧鐘壞掉的藉口只是一個無傷大雅的小謊。
- truth
the straightforward factual statement that a fib avoids.
文法句型
tell a fib
a fib about + noun
用法筆記
Always countable and always preceded by an adjective of smallness or harmlessness ('little', 'small', 'harmless', 'tiny') or modified by a topic phrase with 'about'. Reserved for socially light lies — never used for legal or moral wrongdoing.