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TOEFL BNC: 15477 COCA: 13170

hoax

noun
/həʊks/
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  1. an act intended to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant骗局；恶作剧
    • He was accused of using a bomb hoax to empty a rival restaurant.他被控谎称有炸弹以吓跑一家对手餐厅的食客。
    • Detectives are still investigating the hoax calls.侦探仍在调查那些恶作剧电话。
    • The emergency call turned out to be a hoax.紧急电话原来是一个骗局。
    Extra Examples
    • He had been the victim of a computer virus hoax.他曾经是计算机病毒恶作剧的受害者。
    • The organizers staged a hoax on some of the competitors.主办机构戏弄了一些参赛选手。
    • a hoax perpetrated by the British government英国政府设计的骗局
    • The so-called ‘Iron Age’ remains turned out to be an elaborate hoax.所谓的“铁器时代”遗迹原来是一个精心设计的骗局。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • elaborate
    • cruel
    • bomb
    • …
    verb + hoax
    • perpetrate
    • fall for
    • expose
    • …
    hoax + noun
    • email
    • letter
    • call
    • …
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    Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus.

hoax

verb
/həʊks/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hoax
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he / she / it hoaxes
/ˈhəʊksɪz/
/ˈhəʊksɪz/
past simple hoaxed
/həʊkst/
/həʊkst/
past participle hoaxed
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-ing form hoaxing
/ˈhəʊksɪŋ/
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  1. hoax somebody to trick somebody by making them believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant作弄；欺骗
    • He hoaxed us by sending a friend instead of coming himself. We’d never met him so we had no reason to think it wasn’t him.他派了一个朋友来骗我们，而不是自己来。我们从未见过他，所以我们没有理由认为那不是他。
    Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus.
TOEFL BNC: 15477 COCA: 13170
hoax

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOAX | HOAX + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤elaborate精心設計的騙局◇It turned out to be an elaborate hoax.後來發現這是一場精心設計的騙局。➤cruel殘忍的騙局◇He described the deception as a cruel hoax.他將這一欺騙描述成殘忍的惡作劇。➤bomb (BrE) 炸彈恐嚇▸➤email, Internet, virus電郵恐嚇；網絡騙局；病毒惡作劇◇He had been the victim of a computer virus hoax.他曾經是計算機病毒惡作劇的受害者。VERB + HOAX➤perpetrate設下騙局◇a hoax perpetrated by the government政府設下的騙局➤fall for上了惡作劇的當▸➤expose揭穿惡作劇HOAX + NOUN➤email, letter惡作劇電子郵件／信件▸➤call, caller (both BrE) 惡作劇電話；打惡作劇電話的人
TOEFL BNC: 15477 COCA: 13170
hoax noun
⇨ trick
TOEFL BNC: 15477 COCA: 13170

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