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hoax v.欺骗；哄骗；愚弄n.愚弄人；恶作剧 (1) 所有的欺骗性病毒基本都是连续性的字母。(2) 一些中文的贴子和博客提出，周也许不过是官方欺骗闹剧中的一个不幸的工具而已。(3) 主流的批评家批评整件事是一场愚弄。(4) 官方称这是明显的愚弄行为，应该遭受斥责，但是仍然还有五只断脚。(5) 我从来没有想到我的恶作剧会这么不可收拾，你们为得知新书名而欣喜不已时我真觉得糟糕透了。 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.

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英 [həʊks] 美 [hoʊks] (1) All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters.(2) Some posters on Chinese bulletin boards and blogs have argued that Mr Zhou was perhaps merely a hapless tool in a hoax perpetrated mainly by bureaucrats.(3) Mainstream critics argue that the entire affair is a hoax.(4) Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet.(5) I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title. 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.   [usu with supp]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。

英语单词	hoax
英美音标	英 [həʊks] 美 [hoʊks]
中文释义	v.欺骗；哄骗；愚弄 n.愚弄人；恶作剧
英语例句	(1) All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters. (2) Some posters on Chinese bulletin boards and blogs have argued that Mr Zhou was perhaps merely a hapless tool in a hoax perpetrated mainly by bureaucrats. (3) Mainstream critics argue that the entire affair is a hoax. (4) Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet. (5) I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title.
中文例句	(1) 所有的欺骗性病毒基本都是连续性的字母。 (2) 一些中文的贴子和博客提出，周也许不过是官方欺骗闹剧中的一个不幸的工具而已。 (3) 主流的批评家批评整件事是一场愚弄。 (4) 官方称这是明显的愚弄行为，应该遭受斥责，但是仍然还有五只断脚。 (5) 我从来没有想到我的恶作剧会这么不可收拾，你们为得知新书名而欣喜不已时我真觉得糟糕透了。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [usu with supp] 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。

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