hoax

[US]/həʊks/
[UK]/hoʊks/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 惡作劇;戲弄
vt. 開玩笑騙某人
Word Forms
過去式hoaxed
過去分詞hoaxed
複數hoaxes
現在分詞hoaxing
第三人稱單數hoaxes

Example Sentences

it smells like a hoax to me.

我感覺這像是一場騙局。

They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

他們是一個殘忍惡作劇的受害者。

The hoaxer had sent the police on a wild-goose chase.

那個搗蛋的人讓警方白白搜索了一番。

a hoax perpetrated by the British government

英國政府設計的騙局

A telephone caller said there was a bomb in the hotel but it was just a hoax.

"打電話者聲稱旅館裏有一顆炸彈,但這不過是一場惡作劇而已。"

19.  10.In 1972, a hoaxer, pretended to be an athlete.

10. 1972年,一個騙子,想冒充自己是運動員。

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