单词 | hocus-pocussed |
释义 | hocus-pocussed in British Englishpast participle of verb, past tense of verb hocus-pocus hocus-pocus in British English (ˈhəʊkəsˈpəʊkəs) noun 1. trickery or chicanery 2. mystifying jargon 3. an incantation used by conjurors or magicians when performing tricks 4. conjuring skill or practice Also called: hokey-pokey verbWord forms: -cuses, -cusing, -cused, -cuses, -cussing or -cussed 5. to deceive or trick (someone) Word origin C17: perhaps a dog-Latin formation invented by jugglers |
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