单词 | hype |
释义 | hype hype1 /huyp/, v. , hyped, hyping, n. Informal. v.t. 1. to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually fol. by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car. 2. to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily: a promoter who knows how to hype a prizefight. 3. to intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by ingenious or questionable claims, methods, etc. (usually fol. by up). 4. to trick; gull. n. 5. exaggerated publicity; hoopla. 6. an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect. 7. a swindle, deception, or trick. [1925-30, Amer.; in sense "to trick, swindle," of uncert. orig.; subsequent senses perh. by reanalysis as a shortening of HYPERBOLE] hype2 /huyp/, n. Slang. 1. a hypodermic needle. 2. a drug addict, esp. one who uses a hypodermic needle. [shortening of HYPODERMIC; cf. HYPO1] |
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