Word · Frequency #15477
hoaxes
/həuks/
noun
骗局;恶作剧
hoaxes is the plural of hoax.
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
- 1.
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
故意用来欺骗或捉弄的东西。
故意用来欺骗或捉弄的东西。;愚弄人;恶作剧
In use
The news about the alien invasion turned out to be a hoax.
The students played a clever hoax on their teacher by pretending to be robots.
Many historians believe that the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' is a notorious hoax.
Connections
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
- Many people fell for the hoax on social media.许多人在社交媒体上上了这个骗局的当。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hoax 以 x 结尾,像用叉号划掉真相,剩下的就是骗局。
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。
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/。
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。
Learn the forms together
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