tinfoil hat
noun[C]
humorousuk/ˌtɪn.fɔɪl ˈhæt/us/ˌtɪn.fɔɪl ˈhæt/used whentalkingaboutpeoplewhobelieveinconspiracytheories(= thebeliefthateventsorsituationsare theresultofsecretplansbypowerfulpeople),especiallyto refer to something thatprotectsthem from thesesecretplans:
锡箔帽子（指执着于阴谋论的人）Let's take offourtinfoilhatsfor aminute. Do youseriouslybelievethatNASAwould behidingsomething like that?让我们暂时把锡箔帽摘下来试试。你真的相信美国宇航局会隐瞒这样的事情吗？
Thetinfoilhattypesare really onlywrongin that theythinkwe arewatchingthemspecifically.那些执着于阴谋论的人，其实只是错在认为我们在专门监视他们。
- Remove thattinfoilhat. Seriously, youguysare justparanoid.
- Allow me toadjustmytinfoilhatandmentionthat we're going to havebiggerstormsnow.
- She wasn't theusualtinfoilhatconspiracytheorist, though.
Plotting & trapping
- be in league withsomeoneidiom
- cahoots
- catchsomeoneout
- chemtrail
- chicanery
- conspiracy theory
- conspirator
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- plot
- plotter
- pretext
- pretextual
- put-up job
- scheme
- setsomethingup
- sting
- trap