hoax
v. 欺骗; 戏弄
n. 骗局; 戏弄; 恶作剧
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.
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。
1. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
1. subject to a playful hoax or joke
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。
Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
学生们擅长于一种特殊形式的恶作剧 -- 设置骗局.
They hoax him out of his money.
他们骗去他的钱.
Dr. Fassbender and Operation Looking Glass are certainly no hoax.
法斯本德教授和他的窥镜系统可不是开玩笑的.
It was a hoax, as I was soon to learn.
后来不久我才知道这是个骗局.