hoax

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托福GRE Collins 1

v. subject to a playful hoax or joke

vt. 欺骗, 哄骗, 愚弄
n. 愚弄人, 恶作剧

Collins 星级

15,477

BNC 频率

13,170

使用频率

hoax 没有明显的词根词缀分析，属于一个独立的词汇。

例句

1. The news about the alien invasion turned out to be a hoax.

外星人入侵的新闻结果证明是一个恶作剧。

2. Many people fell for the hoax and shared it on social media.

很多人上当了，并在社交媒体上分享了这个骗局。

3. The magician's tricks were so convincing that some thought they were real, not a hoax.

这个魔术师的把戏如此令人信服，以至于有人认为它们是真实的，而不是恶作剧。