switcheroo
noun[C]
mainlyUSinformaluk/ˌswɪtʃ.əˈruː/us/ˌswɪtʃ.əˈruː/anunexpectedchange,especiallyone in which one thing orpersonisquicklyorsecretlyexchangedfor another:
骤变，突如其来的变化Deviouswebsitescouldpulla switcheroo onyourhomepageandinstallspyware.欺诈网站可能会在你的主页上突然发生什么变化并安装间谍软件。
Lopez was at thirdbaseand Figgins at second - that's a switcheroo from what mostexpected.洛佩兹在三垒，费金斯在二垒——这是一个出乎大多数人意料的变化。
- The singer's late-career switcheroo is notunusual; many long-livedactschangethings upoccasionally.
- Scientists who tookpartin the show said theproducerspulleda switcheroo so they were not doing theinterviewstheythoughtthey hadagreedto.
- The non-cutesisterBlanche used to bejealousofJane! But then there was a switcheroo. BlanchebecameabigmoviestarandJanebecamea nobody.
- Themovieispremisedon abreathtakingswitcheroo, ashamelesspieceofmisdirection.
Changing
- about-face
- about-turn
- alterable
- altered
- alternate
- commute
- drip
- modulate
- modulation
- move on
- move the goalpostsidiom
- move with the timesidiom
- pivot
- rewrite
- sanitization
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- stead
- steepness
- sway
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Replacing and exchanging