hoax
🇬🇧/həʊks/ 🇺🇸/hoʊks/📚 13603 1托福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. 谎报
noun [抽象名词]恶作剧，骗局；谎报
He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过谎报电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯之后他被判有罪。
verb [vt. 及物动词]欺骗，捉弄
However the photo was proven to be a hoax.
然而，这张照片后来被证实是一场骗局。
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- Lesson 40 Who's who hoax 名词: 骗局，戏弄
不要和coax(v. 哄骗)混淆
单词造句:
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- They were the victims of a cruel hoax. 他们成了一大骗局的上当受骗者。
- Probably a translation of the celebrated Moon Hoax, written by Richard A. Locke, and originally published in New York. 可能是理查德 A. 洛克撰写了著名的《月球骗局》的译本，并最终在纽约首次发行。
v.愚弄 n.愚弄
| play a joke on sb. 捉弄某人 | They played a joke on him by hiding his keys. 他们通过藏起他的钥匙来捉弄他。 |
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| play a trick on sb. 捉弄某人或对某人恶作剧 | She played a trick on her friend by pretending to forget her birthday. 她假装忘记朋友的生日来捉弄她。 |
| make a fool of sb. 欺骗某人或使某人显得愚蠢 | He made a fool of himself by wearing mismatched socks. 他穿着不配对的袜子让自己出丑了。 |
| cheat sb. out of sth. 骗取某人的某物;从某人那里骗走某物 | The scammer cheated the old man out of his life savings. 骗子骗走了老人的全部积蓄。 |
| trick / deceive sb. into doing 欺骗某人做某事 | I was tricked / deceived into believing his story. |