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hoax

美音:[həuks ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[həuks ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
v.愚弄 n.愚弄

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hoax为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:hoaxer 动词过去式:hoaxed 过去分词:hoaxed 现在分词:hoaxing 第三人称单数:hoaxes

hoax


/həʊks; hoks/
n mischievous trick played on sb for a joke 恶作剧; 戏弄
*The fire-brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire it was all a hoax. 消防队接到报警电话後采取了行动, 但是并没有火灾--这完全是一场恶作剧.
* [attrib 作定语] a hoax phone call 恶作剧的电话.

v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (into doing sth) deceive sb as a joke 开玩笑骗某人; 戏弄某人
*I was hoaxed into believing their story. 我上了当, 还以为他们的玩笑是真的呢.

hoax


n[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Probably from hocus; HOCUS-POCUS]
a false warning about something dangerous
 a bomb hoax
 hoax calls (=telephone calls giving false information) to the police
an attempt to make people believe something that is not true
 an elaborate hoax
1. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
    大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧--戏弄人。

2. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
    当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话,才恍然大悟,原来他们都成一场骗局的受害者。

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