Word · Frequency #9078

gull

/gʌl/

verb

欺骗；诈骗；愚弄

To deceive or cheat.

欺骗；欺诈。；欺诈；骗

In use

The con artist gulled the old man out of his life savings.

那个骗子骗走了老人的毕生积蓄。

She was gulled into believing the fake investment scheme.

她被骗相信了那个虚假的投资计划。

They are gulling tourists with overpriced souvenirs.

他们正用高价纪念品欺骗游客。

base gull · third person gulls · -ing gulling · past gulled · past participle gulled

常规动词

be gulled into doing something: 被骗去做某事; She was gulled into paying twice the price.她被骗付了双倍的价钱。
gull somebody out of something: 骗取某人的某物; They gulled him out of his savings.他们骗取了他的积蓄。
gull the public: 欺骗公众; The advertisement tried to gull the public into buying useless products.这则广告试图欺骗公众购买无用的产品。
easily gulled: 容易被骗; Tourists are easily gulled by street scams.游客容易被街头骗局欺骗。
gull the unwary: 欺骗轻信的人; Con artists gull the unwary with clever tricks.骗子用狡猾的手段欺骗轻信的人。

gull 除了“海鸥”，还可作动词“欺骗”：海鸥总爱偷抢食物，像在骗人，记住这个画面即可。

语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品中、正式写作中该词表示“欺骗、欺诈”，语气比较正式，通常多见于文学作品或较正式的文字；日常口语较少使用，常可用 cheat 或 trick 代替。

真正的押韵词：dull, hull, skull, null, lull, cull（/ʌl/）。注意：pull, bull, full 虽然拼写相近，但读/ʊl/，与gull发音不同。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.