• n. 假装；骗子；赝品
• vt. 假装；冒充
• vi. 假装；佯装
• adj. 假的；虚假的；假装的
• n. (Sham)人名；(英、印、毛里塔)沙姆

可能来自 Proto-Germanic*skamo,遮盖，隐藏，来自 PIE*skem,遮盖，隐藏，词源同 hide,shame. 引申词义假象，伪装等。

sham

sham: see shame

sham (n.)

1670s, "a trick, a hoax, a fraud," also as a verb and an adjective, of uncertain origin; the words burst into use in 1677. Perhaps from sham, a northern dialectal variant of shame (n.); a derivation OED finds "not impossible." Sense of "something meant to be mistaken for something else" is from 1728. The meaning "false front" in pillow-sham (1721) is from the notion of "counterfeit." Related: Shammed; shamming; shammer. Shamateur "amateur sportsman who acts like a professional" is from 1896.

1. The latest crime figures are a complete sham.

最新的犯罪统计数字完全是捏造的。

来自《权威词典》

2. They cunningly played the game of sham peace.

他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I'm a blunt straightforward man; I hate sham.

我是个耿直坦率的人, 我讨厌虚伪.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. His love was a mere sham.

他的爱情是虚假的.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. What he says is all sham.

他所说的全是托辞.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》