hoax

英 [həʊks] 美 [hoʊks]

• v. 欺骗；哄骗；愚弄
• n. 愚弄人；恶作剧

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 欺骗，哄骗
2. 作弄，戏弄，愚弄
3. 开玩笑骗某人

n. 名词

1. 骗局
2. 恶作剧，玩笑
3. 欺骗，愚弄，戏弄
4. 骗术，骗人把戏
5. 设置骗局

英英释义

Noun:

1. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Verb:

1. subject to a playful hoax or joke

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters.
   所有的欺骗性病毒基本都是连续性的字母。
2. Some posters on Chinese bulletin boards and blogs have argued that Mr Zhou was perhaps merely a hapless tool in a hoax perpetrated mainly by bureaucrats.
   一些中文的贴子和博客提出，周也许不过是官方欺骗闹剧中的一个不幸的工具而已。
3. Mainstream critics argue that the entire affair is a hoax.
   主流的批评家批评整件事是一场愚弄。
4. Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet.
   官方称这是明显的愚弄行为，应该遭受斥责，但是仍然还有五只断脚。

用作名词 (n.)

1. They considered the phone call a hoax.
   他们认为那个电话是恶作剧。
2. I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title.
   我从来没有想到我的恶作剧会这么不可收拾，你们为得知新书名而欣喜不已时我真觉得糟糕透了。

经典引文

• There was also a hoax involving a tailor's dummy dressed as a Russian officer.

  出自：Sunday Express

• There had been a hoax call about a bomb at some large public building.

  出自： attrib.

近反义词

【近义词】

• trick 诡计
• deceive 欺骗
• deception 骗局
• ruse 策略
• humbug 欺诈
• dupe 受骗的人
• sham 假
• delusion 错觉
• pretense 借口
• snow 雪
• delude 欺骗
• deceit 欺骗
• fraud 欺骗
• con 骗局
• swindle 诈骗
• mislead 误导
• defraud 诈骗
• pervert 误用
• practical joke 恶作剧
• joke 笑话
• prank 开玩笑
• confidence trick 骗人手段(先博得信任而后...
• con trick 【口】骗局
• put-up job 预谋的行为; 事先安排好...
• con game 诈骗
• cheat 欺骗
• play a joke on 取笑(某人)
• dupery 欺骗
• fraudulence 欺诈
• put-on 做作的
• pull someone's leg 开某人的玩笑...