hoax

英 [həʊks]

美 [hoʊks]

n.  骗局; 恶作剧
v.  捉弄; 欺骗

复数：hoaxes　过去分词：hoaxed　现在分词：hoaxing　过去式：hoaxed　第三人称单数：hoaxes　

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牛津词典

noun

• 骗局；恶作剧
  an act intended to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant
  1. a bomb hoax
     炸弹骗局
  2. hoax calls
     恶作剧的电话

verb

• 捉弄；欺骗
  to trick sb by making them believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 恶作剧;假警报;骗局
  Ahoaxis a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not.
  1. A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre...
     一系列炸弹假警报扰乱了市中心的圣诞节购物活动。
  2. He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
     他否认打过恶作剧电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯后被判有罪。

英英释义

noun

• something intended to deceive
  Synonym:fraudfraudulenceduperyhumbugput-on

verb

• subject to a playful hoax or joke
  Synonym:pull someone's legplay a joke on

双语例句

• Good, because this could all be a hoax.
  很好，因为这可能是场恶作剧。
• The message is at least the fourth hoax email received in Hongkong in the past two months.
  这一邮件至少已是两个月来在香港收到的第四个恶作剧邮件了。
• The painting had actually been done recently; it was a hoax.
  这幅画实际是最近才画的；这是场骗局。
• A telephone caller said there was a bomb in the hotel but it was just a hoax.
  打电话者声称旅馆里有一颗炸弹，但这不过是一场恶作剧而已。
• The telephone caller said there was a bomb in the hotel, but it later turned out to be a hoax.
  打电话来的人说旅馆里有炸弹，后来证明是一场骗局。
• However, it would appear that it may have been accidental disinformation rather than a hoax per se.
  不过，从它本身看这可能是偶然事件，而不是一个有意的恶作剧。
• They were soon able to confirm that the threat was a hoax.
  他们很快确认所谓的威胁其实只是个骗局。
• We appear to have been the victims of a cruel hoax.
  我们看来已成了一个残酷骗局的受骗者。
• Once again, as with the Norway spiral, videos and photos from more than one source, but is this a hoax?
  和挪威螺旋一样，视频和照片的来源又是不止一处，但这是个恶作剧吗？
• A supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax.
  假想中的原始人，后来证明是个骗局。