英语词汇“hoax”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you put on big fake feet, stomp through your muddy backyard and tell everyone you saw Bigfoot fixing a steak on your grill, you are playing a hoax on your friends.

Hoax is believed to be a shortened version of hocus pocus, thus conveying the feeling of trickery and sleight of hand. April First, also known as April Fools' Day, is a day of hoaxes. Successful hoaxes in history: Orson Welles' War-of-the-Worlds radio broadcast in 1938 and the alien autopsy film footage made public in the 1990s. Do you believe the American moon landing in 1969 was a hoax? You're not alone. Six percent of Americans believe this event was staged.

WORD FAMILY

hoax: hoaxed, hoaxer, hoaxes, hoaxing+/hoaxer: hoaxers

USAGE EXAMPLES

For the sake of argument, let’s assume that climate change is a hoax.

Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016)

Some of the wilder theories floating around suggest the entire abduction was a hoax, perhaps to spread scare stories about the local Latino community.

The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)

Police eventually found inconsistencies in the caller’s story, determined it was a hoax and canceled the alert.

Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016)

1n something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on

goldbrick

anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

2v subject to a playful hoax or joke

Syn|Hyper

play a joke on, pull someone's leg

cozen, deceive, delude, lead on

be false to; be dishonest with

单词	hoax
释义	hoax (once / 3746 pages) nv If you put on big fake feet, stomp through your muddy backyard and tell everyone you saw Bigfoot fixing a steak on your grill, you are playing a hoax on your friends. Hoax is believed to be a shortened version of hocus pocus, thus conveying the feeling of trickery and sleight of hand. April First, also known as April Fools' Day, is a day of hoaxes. Successful hoaxes in history: Orson Welles' War-of-the-Worlds radio broadcast in 1938 and the alien autopsy film footage made public in the 1990s. Do you believe the American moon landing in 1969 was a hoax? You're not alone. Six percent of Americans believe this event was staged. WORD FAMILY hoax: hoaxed, hoaxer, hoaxes, hoaxing+/hoaxer: hoaxers USAGE EXAMPLES For the sake of argument, let’s assume that climate change is a hoax. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Some of the wilder theories floating around suggest the entire abduction was a hoax, perhaps to spread scare stories about the local Latino community. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Police eventually found inconsistencies in the caller’s story, determined it was a hoax and canceled the alert. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on goldbrick anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) 2v subject to a playful hoax or joke Syn\|Hyper play a joke on, pull someone's leg cozen, deceive, delude, lead on be false to; be dishonest with
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