hoax

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /həʊks/    美 /hoʊks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
    — The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.
动词 v.
  1. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. transitive

词形变化

hoaxes present,singular,third-person hoaxing participle,present hoaxed participle,past hoaxed past hoaxes plural

词源

词源 1
Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).
Compare hokey.
词源 2
Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).
Compare hokey.
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