fib
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。
general statement with plural subject; no named referent needed
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！
fib to someone about something — informal direct address
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。
fib + that-clause stating the untrue claim
- fib about (something)
- fib to (someone)
- fib a little
- caught fibbing
- 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。
catch someone in a fib — fixed informal collocation
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。
plural 'fibs' for repeated small lies; warm familial register
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。
harmless fib — collocation that signals the speaker's minimisation
- little fib
- harmless fib
- tell a fib
- caught in a fib
- 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.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- a little fib
- a harmless fib
- a small fib
副詞搭配
- barefacedly
- a little
- shamelessly
常用片語
- tell a fib
- catch someone in a fib
- fib about something
介系詞搭配
- about (the topic)
- to (the listener)