| 词汇 | fob |
| 释义 | fob noun[ C ] uk /fɒb/ us /fɑːb/ (alsokey fob) a piece of leather or other material to which a group of keys is fastened: 钥匙链;（尤指旧时的）怀表短链 There are big fobs on hotel keys so guests don't take them home. Dave King/Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages (alsokey fob) an electronic device connected to a key that is used to lock and unlock a car's doors or operate a piece of equipment: 遥控钥匙 Access is controlled by means of a fob. Jeffoto/E+/GettyImages a chain or piece of material used, especially in the past, to fasten a watch to a man's waistcoat: He wore a waistcoat complete with a pocket watch on a fob. SEAN GLADWELL/Moment/GettyImages Jewelry ankle bracelet antihelix antitragus auricle bangle barbell be dripping with somethingidiom bejewelled brooch butterfly charm crown jewels cultured pearl diamanté engagement ring jewellery box medallion rhinestone tiepin treasure You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Building: locks & locksmithing Decorations for clothes FOB | Business EnglishFOB adjective, adverb TRANSPORT, COMMERCEukus → free on board: At the FOB point the risk of loss passes from the seller to the buyer. Examples of fobfob It was originally destined for the growing mass of urban proletariat onto which was fobbed this industrial minimum of shallow folklore. We do not want to be fobbed off with an inadequate reply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are fobbed off with the excuse that the landlord paid so many thousands for alterations and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use fobbing us off with light-hearted statements about this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the agricultural industry we have been fobbed off with marketing boards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not agree, and cannot agree, that this is a question which can be fobbed off in any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are fobbed off with tales about public taste, what the public will bear and what the public will stand for. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we to be fobbed off without passing suggestions of this kind when we are dealing with a subject of this importance? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, do not let us be fobbed off again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is she aware that her answer today will be regarded as a mere fob off, as have all answers in the past eight years? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fob off the pensioners with the absolute legal minimum with which one can get away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not inclined to be "fobbed off" with an evasive reply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has tried to fob off these questions with generalities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the craven consensus fobbed us off with trivial party sniping and phoney polarisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Information on fob prices for specific destinations and details of transport arrangements and costs are not published for reasons of commercial confidentiality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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