hoaxes的中文翻译是什么意思

N-COUNT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.

• 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。