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fox 作及物动词，指用狡诈或巧计欺骗、愚弄某人，宾语通常是人。
The salesman foxed the old man with a fake discount.
那个推销员用假的折扣骗了那位老人。
欺骗；哄骗；用计谋骗过
foxing — present participle of fox
使困惑；难住；使迷惑；耍滑头；耍狡猾；使（纸张）出现黄褐斑；使纸张变黄；（使）变酸；（使）发酸；使醉；灌醉
To trick, fool, or outwit someone by being cunning.
用狡诈或巧计欺骗、愚弄(某人)
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
使(某人)困惑或难倒
To confuse or baffle (someone).
狡猾地行事
To act slyly or craftily.
使纸张变色。狐斑是由湿度引起的纸张斑点。(参见foxing)
To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
使发酵变酸,如啤酒
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
变酸,如啤酒等在发酵时变酸
To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
使醉；用酒灌醉
To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
用新前帮皮革修补(靴子),或拼接靴面前帮
To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
一般现在时
This puzzle foxes me.
这个谜题难住了我。
一般过去时
The question foxed the expert.
这个问题难倒了专家。
现在进行时
The sudden change is foxing everyone.
突然的变化正让所有人困惑不解。
规则变化动词，意为“使困惑”或“欺骗”。
He tried to fox me with his tricky questions.
他试图用刁钻的问题欺骗我。
用法提示：这里'fox'用作及物动词，意为'欺骗'。
She foxed the interviewer by giving vague answers.
她通过给出模糊的回答欺骗了面试官。
用法提示：这里'foxed'是'fox'的过去式，表示'欺骗'。
Don't let his charm fox you; he's not trustworthy.
别让他的魅力欺骗了你；他不可信。
用法提示：这里'fox'用作动词，意为'欺骗'。
fox 作及物动词，指用狡诈或巧计欺骗、愚弄某人，宾语通常是人。
The salesman foxed the old man with a fake discount.
那个推销员用假的折扣骗了那位老人。
be/get foxed by 表示被某事难住、搞糊涂，常用被动形式。
The detectives were completely foxed by the false alibi.
侦探们被那个不在场的证明彻底难住了。
fox sb into doing sth 表示用计谋骗某人做某事。
They foxed him into signing the contract.
他们骗他签了那份合同。
trick 较口语化，强调用具体圈套或花招使人上当，不一定突出‘机敏’；fox 则暗示靠巧智。
fool 侧重使人信以为真或出丑，常带戏弄意味，语气比 fox 轻。
outwit 强调靠聪明胜过对方，重在‘取胜’；fox 还可表示单纯‘难倒’，未必有胜负。
deceive 为通用词，态度较严肃，泛指使人信以为真，不特别强调‘巧计’。
mislead 强调把人引向错误信念或方向，可能出于无意，不一定有‘斗智’或‘欺骗意图’。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is very fox and nobody trusts him.
正确表达He is very cunning and nobody trusts him.
fox 是名词“狐狸”，也可作动词表示“欺骗、难住”，但不能当形容词用。汉语里名词可以直接作谓语，说“他很狐狸”；英语必须换成形容词 cunning（或 sly）才通。
grammar · medium
易错句子He foxed me to lend him all my money.
正确表达He foxed me into lending him all my money.
表示“骗某人做某事”时，fox（与 trick、fool 同类）用 fox sb into doing sth，介词 into 后接动名词，不能用不定式 to do。
grammar · medium
易错句子I foxed by his strange question.
正确表达I was foxed by his strange question.
要表达“被难住、被弄糊涂”必须用被动语态 be foxed；只写 foxed 会被理解为主动的过去式“骗了某人”，主语 I 和句意都对不上，缺了 be 动词。
此处针对'fox'作动词时的'欺骗、愚弄'义项；反义词不适用于'使困惑''使纸张变色'等义项。
此处针对'fox'作动词时的'欺骗、愚弄'义项；反义词不适用于'使困惑''使纸张变色'等义项。
trick 是日常最通用的“欺骗、耍花招”，也可指恶作剧式的捉弄，并不强调智力上的高下；fox 作动词偏书面、较少见，强调用更胜一筹的狡猾把对方骗过或智取。表示“骗某人做某事”时通常用 trick sb into doing sth，fox 没有这一搭配。
fool 侧重让对方显得愚蠢、上当，常带轻蔑或开玩笑的意味；fox 侧重以机巧胜人，有“斗智”的意味，语气更文学化。fool 常用 fool sb into doing sth，fox 不能这样用。
outwit 与 fox 的“以巧计骗过”最接近，但 outwit 明确表示在较量中胜过对手，宾语通常是人或机构，中性且看结果；fox 更强调欺骗手法本身，更少见，也更偏文学。
被……难住；被……迷惑
The detective was completely foxed by the strange clue.
侦探被这个奇怪的线索完全难住了。
用巧计骗过某人
The clever lawyer foxed the witness with a tricky question.
那位聪明的律师用一个刁钻的问题骗过了证人。
（因受潮而）有褐斑的书页
The old library book had several foxed pages.
那本旧图书馆藏书有几页有褐斑。
常与fox搭配描述其诡计多端，与动词fox的“欺骗”义相关。
形容偷偷摸摸耍花招，和fox的狡诈特性一致。
强调用计谋达到目的，和fox作动词“使上当”同属计谋语义场。
名词，指用花言巧语或计谋骗人，与fox动词的欺骗行为相关。
形容精于算计、善于骗人，与fox的“愚弄”义相近。
像狐狸一样狡猾；非常狡猾
He's as sly as a fox when it comes to business deals.
在做生意方面，他狡猾如狐。
表面糊涂实则精明
People think she's scatterbrained, but she's crazy like a fox.
人们觉得她心不在焉，实际上她大智若愚。
让不可靠的人看管重要事物；用人不当
Putting him in charge of the budget is like having a fox guarding the henhouse.
让他负责预算就像是让狐狸看守鸡舍。
狐狸知道很多事，但刺猬知道一件大事。
In his famous essay, Isaiah Berlin used the fox and the hedgehog as metaphors for two types of thinkers.
在他著名的文章中，以赛亚·伯林用狐狸和刺猬作为两类思想家的隐喻。
狐狸说什么？
The viral song "The Fox" asks a ridiculous question: what does the fox say?
热门歌曲《狐狸》问了一个荒谬的问题：狐狸说什么？
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