spoof

パロディー

映画や人物、作風の特徴を大げさにしたり、おかしく見せたりする面白いまね。

やさしい英語で： A funny imitation of a film, person, or style that makes its features seem silly or extreme.

• We watched a funny spy spoof.
• The film is a spoof of old horror movies.
• Her comedy show includes spoofs of famous adverts.

使い方： a spoof of something (They made a spoof of a famous detective series.)

類義語： parody, send-up

よく使う表現： spoof of something, horror spoof, spy spoof

なりすまし

信頼できる相手から来たように装う、ネット上の攻撃や偽のデータ。

やさしい英語で： An online attack or fake digital item that pretends to come from a trusted source.

• That bank website is a spoof.
• The security team detected an email spoof.
• A convincing spoof persuaded users to enter their passwords.

よく使う表現： email spoof, website spoof, address spoof

いたずら、でっち上げ

多くは冗談として、うそを信じさせるために仕掛けること。

やさしい英語で： A trick intended to make someone believe something false, often as a joke.

• The announcement was a spoof.
• His friends planned a harmless spoof for his birthday.
• Everyone believed the story until the spoof was revealed.

類義語： hoax, prank

よく使う表現： elaborate spoof, harmless spoof

パロディーにする

人や物をおかしく見せるために、面白くまねる。

やさしい英語で： To imitate someone or something in a funny way that makes them seem silly.

• The sketch spoofs a famous actor.
• They spoofed several detective films.
• Her new comedy spoofs the world of fashion.

類義語： parody, mock

よく使う表現： spoof a movie, spoof someone, spoof a genre

偽装する、なりすます

ネット上の身元や発信元を、別の人のものに見せかける。

やさしい英語で： To fake a digital identity or source so that it appears to belong to someone else.

• Scammers can spoof your phone number.
• The attackers spoofed the sender’s email address.
• Someone is spoofing the company website to steal passwords.

類義語： fake, falsify

よく使う表現： spoof an address, spoof a website, spoof caller identity

だます

人やシステムに誤った情報を信じ込ませたり、誤った反応をさせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something accept false information or respond in the wrong way.

• The false signal spoofed the radar.
• They tried to spoof the enemy with misleading messages.
• The device can spoof sensors into reporting the wrong distance.

使い方： spoof someone/something into doing something (The signal spoofed the system into reporting a false position.)

類義語： trick, fool, deceive

よく使う表現： spoof someone, spoof a system, spoof enemy radar