hoax是什么意思？

hoax

英[həʊks] 美[hoʊks]

• v. 欺骗，戏弄；
• n. 骗局，戏弄，恶作剧；

复数：hoaxes;

第三人称单数：hoaxes;

过去式：hoaxed;

过去分词：hoaxed;

现在分词：hoaxing;

例句

• to hoax someone 欺骗某人
• They were the victims of a cruel hoax. 他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• a hoax perpetrated by the British government 英国政府设计的骗局
• They hoax him out of his money. 他们骗去他的钱.
• Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. 学生们擅长于一种特殊形式的恶作剧 -- 设置骗局.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  恶作剧;假警报;骗局
  A hoax is 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.
  例句
  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。 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  恶作剧;戏弄
  a hoax perpetrated by the British government 英国政府设计的骗局 They were the victims of a cruel hoax. 他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• vt.
  开玩笑骗某人;戏弄某人
  to hoax someone 欺骗某人

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
• Verb
  1. subject to a playful hoax or joke