v. subject to a playful hoax or joke
vt. 欺骗, 哄骗, 愚弄
n. 愚弄人, 恶作剧
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。