Word · Frequency #15477
hoaxing
欺骗；愚弄
hoaxing is the present participle of hoax.
to deceive someone by making them believe something that was made up, either as a joke or to cause harm
- 1.
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
通过恶意或顽皮的捏造来欺骗(某人)使其相信某事。
通过恶意或顽皮的捏造来欺骗(某人)使其相信某事。；欺骗；哄骗；愚弄
In use
He hoaxed his friends into believing that aliens had landed in his backyard.
She hoaxed me with a fake lottery ticket, but I wasn't fooled for long.
The journalist was fired for hoaxing the public with fabricated news stories.
Verb forms
base hoax · third person hoaxes · -ing hoaxing · past hoaxed · past participle hoaxed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed，第三人称单数加-es。
Connections
Collocations
- hoax the public
- 欺骗公众
- The fake online sale was designed to hoax the public.那场虚假的网上促销活动旨在欺骗公众。
- hoax someone into doing something
- 骗某人做某事
- The con artist hoaxed her into buying a fake watch.那个骗子骗她买了一块假手表。
- be hoaxed by
- 被……欺骗
- The bank was hoaxed by a forged email.银行被一封伪造的电子邮件欺骗了。
- hoax the media
- 欺骗媒体
- The prankster hoaxed the media with a false celebrity rumor.恶作剧者用一条虚假的名人传闻欺骗了媒体。
Pop culture & quotes
- Your faithless love's the only hoax I believe in.
- 你虚情假意的爱，是我唯一相信的谎言。From Taylor Swift's song 'hoax' on her 2020 album 'folklore'. The line uses 'hoax' to describe a relationship that let her down; she still trusts it, making it the one deception she believes.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：hoax 里有 ax（斧头），假消息像斧头劈开事实——骗人、愚弄。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、official statements、describing scams or pranks 该动词多用于新闻报道或较正式的书面语，日常口语中比较少见，通常可用 trick 或 deceive 代替。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These all rhyme with hoax. Be careful: 'hawks' /hɔːks/ looks similar but has a different vowel sound; 'hacks' /hæks/ is also a look-alike, not a rhyme.
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。
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