音标:[həʊksiz] ;
n. 恶作剧, 戏弄( hoax的名词复数 )
v. 开玩笑骗某人, 戏弄某人( hoax的第三人称单数 )
n something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
v subject to a playful hoax or joke

hoax的用法和样例:

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.
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