Word · Frequency #15477
hoaxes
/həuks/
noun
骗局；恶作剧
hoaxes is the plural of hoax.
核心释义
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
- 1.
故意用来欺骗或捉弄的东西。
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
故意用来欺骗或捉弄的东西。；愚弄人；恶作剧
用法In use
The news about the alien invasion turned out to be a hoax.
用法提示：此处hoax为名词，意为'骗局'，作表语。
The students played a clever hoax on their teacher by pretending to be robots.
用法提示：此处hoax为名词，意为'恶作剧'，作宾语。
Many historians believe that the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' is a notorious hoax.
用法提示：此处hoax为名词，意为'骗局'，作表语。
a hoax
hoax 是可数名词，单数泛指时前面要加 a 或 an。
The email looked official, but it was a hoax.
那封邮件看起来很正式，但它是个骗局。
turn out to be a hoax
表示某事后来被证实是骗局时，常用这个结构，比直接说 was a hoax 更强调结果。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- bomb hoax
- 炸弹虚报
- The police received a bomb hoax and evacuated the building.警方接到炸弹虚报，疏散了大楼。
- hoax call
- 恶作剧电话
- The fire brigade wasted time on a hoax call.消防队在一个恶作剧电话上浪费了时间。
- elaborate hoax
- 精心策划的骗局
- The crop circle was an elaborate hoax.那个麦田怪圈是个精心策划的骗局。
- expose a hoax
- 揭穿骗局
- Scientists quickly exposed the hoax.科学家们很快就揭穿了这个骗局。
- fall for a hoax
- 上当受骗
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
hoax 以 x 结尾，像用叉号划掉真相，剩下的就是骗局。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、公共声明、正式讨论骗局或谣言 hoax 多用于较正式或中性的语境，比如新闻、官方声明或严肃讨论，指故意捏造出来欺骗公众的骗局。日常口语中更常出现在描述恶作剧或假消息的场合，语气不一定很重。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 hoax 押韵，重读元音及后续辅音均为 /əʊks/（英式发音）。注意 hawks /hɔːks/ 拼写相似但发音不同，元音是 /ɔː/。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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。
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