| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_made-by-humans |
| 释义 | made by humansArtificial substances do not exist in nature but are made by humans. Artificial is often applied to things that are intended to copy natural things. Her bouquet was made of artificial flowers. Two opposites of artificial are natural and real. Clothes made from natural fibres are better for your skin. Is that plant real or artificial? For more opposites of artificial, see the article at real. Synthetic has a similar meaning. It is often used in technical contexts. The tyres are made with synthetic rubber. Man-made can refer to things that are made by humans, even if those things do not intend to copy things in nature. Nylon is a man-made fibre. There's a man-made lake in the park. Fake, false, and imitation mean the same as artificial when something is made to look exactly like something real. These words are more common in everyday language. He was selling fake fur jackets. She wears false eyelashes. I could only afford imitation vanilla extract. Bogus can be used when something is made to look like something else in order to be dishonest. This isn't real gold - it's bogus. |
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