hoax
v. 欺騙; 戲弄
n. 騙局; 戲弄; 惡作劇
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...
一系列炸彈假警報擾亂了市中心的聖誕節購物活動。
He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否認打過惡作劇電話,但經過一番短暫的審訊後被判有罪。
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.
他否認打過惡作劇電話,但經過一番短暫的審訊後被判有罪。
Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
學生們擅長於一種特殊形式的惡作劇 -- 設定騙局.
They hoax him out of his money.
他們騙去他的錢.
Dr. Fassbender and Operation Looking Glass are certainly no hoax.
法斯本德教授和他的窺鏡系統可不是開玩笑的.
It was a hoax, as I was soon to learn.
後來不久我才知道這是個騙局.