play a trick on sb
介词 on 后接被捉弄的人；也可说 play tricks on sb。
The children played a trick on their teacher.
孩子们捉弄了他们的老师。
恶作剧；捉弄；魔术；戏法；诀窍；窍门；技巧；特技动作；绝技；一墩；一轮
Something intended to deceive, cheat, mislead, or make someone do something foolish.
用来愚弄、欺骗、误导或诈骗的东西
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
诡计或欺骗手段
a cunning or deceitful action or device
魔术师(或任何表演者)表演中的一个单独环节；魔术
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
值班时间
a period of work or duty
有趣的困难的体力动作
An entertaining difficult physical action.
诱使做蠢事或轻率事的企图
an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
有效、聪明或快速的做事方法
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
恶作剧或令人讨厌的行为；恶作剧
Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
头发的结、辫子或编织
A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
每个玩家出一张牌并确定胜负的顺序
A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
水手在舵上的工作时间,通常为两小时
A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
用线条画出的带有颜色标记的纹章图
A representation of arms that is drawn as an outline with labels to indicate colors.
The email was a trick to get people to share their passwords.
那封电子邮件是一个骗局，目的是诱使人们分享密码。
用法提示：此处 trick 是名词，指骗人的花招或诡计。
AI contextual example
She saw through his trick and refused to sign the paper.
她看穿了他的花招，拒绝在文件上签字。
用法提示：这里 trick 作名词，表示欺骗他人的计谋。
AI contextual example
Don't be fooled by that old trick; it is only meant to scare you.
别被那个老花招骗了；它只是为了吓唬你。
用法提示：句中 trick 是名词，意为骗术、骗人的把戏。
AI contextual example
介词 on 后接被捉弄的人；也可说 play tricks on sb。
The children played a trick on their teacher.
孩子们捉弄了他们的老师。
用于说明做某事的诀窍，is 后多接不定式。
The trick is to stay calm and keep talking.
诀窍就是保持冷静，继续交谈。
固定说法，意为“奏效、达到目的”，多用于口语。
A little salt should do the trick.
加一点盐应该就管用了。
the trick to 后接名词或动名词，说明某事的窍门。
The trick to saving money is to spend less.
省钱的诀窍就是少花钱。
强调故意误导或隐瞒真相，比trick更正式
指精心设计的策略，常含欺骗性
特指为了愚弄或引起恐慌的骗局，规模较大
常指为获取优势而采取的策略性手段
强调灵活而聪明的操作，可能带欺骗性
grammar · medium
易错句子He always plays a trick to his sister.
正确表达He always plays a trick on his sister.
汉语说"对某人耍花招"，其中"对"容易被直译成 to，但英语固定搭配是 play a trick on sb.，介词只能用 on，不能用 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子The children often make tricks on their teacher.
正确表达The children often play tricks on their teacher.
汉语用"搞/做"搭配"恶作剧"，但在英语里与 trick 搭配的动词是 play 而不是 make，固定说法为 play a trick/tricks on sb.；表示习惯性行为时用复数 tricks 更自然。
grammar · medium
易错句子They played trick on the new student.
正确表达They played a trick on the new student.
trick 是可数名词，单数形式作宾语时必须带限定词，这里要加不定冠词 a；汉语名词前没有冠词，因此容易漏掉。
捉弄某人
The children decided to play a trick on their teacher.
孩子们决定捉弄他们的老师。
行业诀窍
He spent years learning the tricks of the trade.
他花了多年时间学习这一行的诀窍。
陷阱问题
The exam had a trick question that confused many students.
考试中有一个陷阱问题，迷惑了很多学生。
卑鄙手段
Spreading rumors was a dirty trick to win the election.
散布谣言是赢得选举的卑鄙手段。
魔术
The magician performed a fascinating magic trick.
魔术师表演了一个迷人的魔术。
与trick的魔术含义相关，指通过巧妙手法制造的假象。
与trick的玩笑含义相关，指捉弄人的行为。
与trick的欺骗含义相关，指欺诈性计划。
与trick的纸牌游戏含义相关，指一轮中获胜的牌。
与trick的魔术含义相关，指灵巧的手部操作。
行业诀窍
He showed me a few tricks of the trade to make the job easier.
他教了我一些行业诀窍，让工作更轻松。
达到目的；奏效
A little more salt should do the trick.
再加一点盐就应该能搞定了。
捉弄；对…搞恶作剧
The children decided to play a trick on their teacher.
孩子们决定捉弄一下他们的老师。
不给糖就捣蛋！
On Halloween, children go door-to-door shouting 'Trick or treat!'
万圣节时，孩子们挨家挨户喊‘不给糖就捣蛋！’
这招真妙！
When the magician made the coin disappear, the audience exclaimed, 'That's a neat trick!'
当魔术师让硬币消失时，观众惊叹道：‘这招真妙！’
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起作用，达到目的
A bit of glue should do the trick to fix the vase.
一点胶水应该就能修好花瓶。