factoid

factoid

美 [ˈfækˌtɔɪd] 　英 [ˈfæktɔɪd]

• n.仿真陈述（很可能不真实但使人信以为真）
• 网络模拟叙述；新闻要素；数字串

词形变化

复数：factoids  

英汉解释

n.	1. a piece of information that becomes accepted as true because it is repeated very often

例句

Meers shared this factoid privately, and she lays it all out in her book, in a section called "When He Does Windows. . . "

密尔兹私下分享了这一点，并且在她书中名叫“当他擦窗户的时候……”的章节中也有展开。

My sons seem to think magnetic technology is the state of the art. I'm not sure where they got this factoid, but it sounded good to me.

我的孩子们似乎认为磁悬浮是目前最先进的技术，我不知道他们从哪儿听说的，这其实并不确切，不过在我听来还不错。

Washington - Whether you're a city dweller or country resident, this factoid is for you: Trees are good for your mental and physical health.

发自华盛顿，不管你是城里人还是农村居民，你都应当知道，树木有利于你的身心健康。

Unfortunately, teenage viewers may not understand the joke since the size of North Korea is not a factoid in gameland.

不幸的是，年轻观众可能理解不了这个笑话，因为朝鲜这猎物的大小根本入不了他们的法眼。

Though I'm not sure if I should be proud or ashamed of this factoid.

我真的不知道我是该为此骄傲还是羞愧。

Adopt an elephant. Factoid: Just like humans, elephants are known to experience feelings of grief and empathy.

领养大象：仿真陈述：就像人类一样，大象也知道悲痛和关爱的感觉。

Adopt a snow leopard. Factoid: Snow leopards can leap nearly six times their body length.

领养雪豹：仿真陈述：雪豹可以跳出将近6倍于体长的距离。

The myth is not simply a static, misunderstood factoid.

该传言不只是一个静态的、被描述成事实的曲解。

This odd little factoid relates to Loft, a Shinkuku live music venue that has been up and running for three decades.

其实这个怪异的描述指的是Loft，一个位于新宿的现场音乐场馆，从成立至今已经运营了30年。

As a bonus, in researching this little factoid I discovered a new word I hadn't known before; kerf.

我在查询这个小词的时候，额外地发现了一个我以前不知道的新词：kerf。

Freaky factoid: The suppressed genes "are closely related to Hox genes, which play a similar role in humans. "

辣妈factoid：抑制基因与同源盒基因相似，它在人类中发挥类似的作用在。

Adopt a beluga whale. Factoid: Long ago sailors nicknamed these whales "sea canaries" for their birdlike songs.

领养白鲸：仿真陈述：很久以前水手就把“海洋高音”的绰号送给它们，因为它们的声音就像是鸟在唱歌。

Here's another subtle yet important factoid.

以下是另一段巧妙却又很重要的事实。

Adopt a polar bear. Factoid: These animals are highly nomadic, but scientists estimate that 60 percent of polar bears live in Canada.

领养北极熊：仿真陈述：这种动物是高度游牧的，但是科学家估计60%生活在加拿大。

Adopt a sea otter. Factoid: Our sea habitats need sea otters in order to thrive.

领养海獭：仿真陈述：我们的海洋生态圈需要海獭才能更加丰富。

Adopt a koala. Factoid: There are only an estimated 2, 000 to 8, 000 koalas living in the wild today.

领养考拉：仿真陈述：今天野外生存着的考拉大约只有2000~8000只。

factoid: a small piece of interesting information, especially about something that is not very important

（尤指有关不太重要事情的）有趣消息