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单词 hoax
释义
hoax
noun[C]
uk
/həʊks/us
/hoʊks/
aplantodeceivesomeone, such astellingthepolicethere is abombsomewherewhen there is not one, or atrick:
恶作剧，骗局
Thebombthreatturnedout to be a hoax.那次炸弹恐吓结果发现是场恶作剧。
He'd made a hoaxcallclaimingto be thepresident.他搞了个恶作剧，打电话自称是总统。
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put-onUSinformal
fraud
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cheating & tricking
  • anti-fraud
  • bad faith
  • bamboozle
  • bilk
  • blackmail
  • deceive
  • fiddle
  • flannel
  • gull
  • have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
  • havesomeoneon
  • hocus-pocus
  • honeyfuggle
  • hustle
  • pull a fast oneidiom
  • pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
  • punk
  • putsomethingacross/oversomeone
  • putsomethingon
  • racket
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hoax
verb[T]
uk
/həʊks/us
/hoʊks/
todeceive,especiallybyplayingatrickon someone
欺骗，对…搞恶作剧
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cheating & tricking
  • anti-fraud
  • bad faith
  • bamboozle
  • bilk
  • blackmail
  • deceive
  • fiddle
  • flannel
  • gull
  • have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
  • havesomeoneon
  • hocus-pocus
  • honeyfuggle
  • hustle
  • pull a fast oneidiom
  • pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
  • punk
  • putsomethingacross/oversomeone
  • putsomethingon
  • racket
See more results »

Related word

hoaxer
(Definition ofhoaxfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hoax| American Dictionary

hoax
noun[C]
us
/hoʊks/
aplantodeceivealargegroupofpeople; atrick:
It is acruelhoax, she said, toencouragepeopletothinkthey have arealchancetowinthelottery.
(Definition ofhoaxfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

hoax| Business English

hoax
verb[T]
uk
/həʊks/us
todeceivesomeone,especiallybyplayingatrickon them:
Afakewebsitewas set up and anumberofpeoplewere hoaxed.
See also
swindle
hoax
noun[C]
uk
/həʊks/us
atrickor somethingelsethat isintendedtodeceivesomeone:
A hoaxledthousands todonateto afakecharity.
acruel/elaboratehoax
See also
fraud
Ponzi scheme
swindle
(Definition ofhoaxfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhoax

hoax
However, all these speculations are even more tenuous than those required to investigate the hidden trails of deliberate hoaxes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Historians can point to many other examples of hoaxes, successful or not.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After cleaning the data for erroneous entries, cancelled calls,hoaxcalls, etc, 2781 non-urgent emergency calls with a total of 4310 vehicle journeys were analysed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Drift-message hoaxes could also relate to other maritime explorers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The similarities indicate a common modus operandi, suggesting that the two reports were hoaxes perpetrated by the same individual.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On closer inspection, it appears to be a rather opaquehoax.
From theCambridge English Corpus
And a rarer category are historical events based on pure pretence, deliberately false at the time : in short, hoaxes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But it was ahoax, and by no means the last of its kind.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These hoaxes served different participants in different ways, yet all those who did the fooling could expect evil consequences from those who were fooled, were the truth ever to emerge.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are well-established arrangements with the news media for the discussion of hoaxes, false alarms, and the handling of public safety information.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This strategy will address ways of reducing accidents, deaths resulting from accidents, false alarms andhoaxcalls.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
My points were entirely concerned with fraudulent andhoaxorders, and the problem of trying to determine whether the goods had been ordered.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Measures are being taken to reduce the number ofhoaxcalls in a joint initiative between emergency services and telephone operating companies.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This seems to me to be one gigantic public relationshoax.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We all need to be vigilant during the strike, but it is also imperative that our cover is not stretched byhoaxcalls.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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