pretend
🇺🇸
/prɪˈtend/
🇬🇧
/prɪˈtend/
verb
B1
to act like something is true when it is not
She will pretend to be asleep when her mom checks on her.
엄마가 확인할 때 그녀는 자는 척할 거예요.
B1
to imagine something is true for fun or in a game
Let's pretend we are superheroes saving the city.
우리가 도시를 구하는 슈퍼히어로라고 상상해 봅시다.
R
to say you are something or can do something when you cannot
He cannot pretend to know everything about the subject.
그는 그 주제에 대해 모든 것을 안다고 가장할 수 없어요.
adjective
R
not real, made up for play
The children made pretend food from clay.
아이들은 점토로 가짜 음식을 만들었어요.
translation
척하다
가짜의
어형 변화
3rd Present
pretends
Past
pretended
Perfect
pretended
Progressive
pretending