hoax
noun/həʊks/
/həʊks/
- an act intended to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant
骗局；恶作剧 - He was accused of using a bomb hoax to empty a rival restaurant.
他被控谎称有炸弹以吓跑一家对手餐厅的食客。 - Detectives are still investigating the hoax calls.
侦探仍在调查那些恶作剧电话。 - The emergency call turned out to be a hoax.
事实证明，紧急呼叫是一场骗局。
Extra Examples- He had been the victim of a computer virus hoax.
他曾经是计算机病毒恶作剧的受害者。 - The organizers staged a hoax on some of the competitors.
主办机构戏弄了一些参赛选手。 - a hoax perpetrated by the British government
英国政府设计的骗局 - The so-called ‘Iron Age’ remains turned out to be an elaborate hoax.
所谓的“铁器时代”遗迹被证明是一个精心设计的骗局。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elaborate
- cruel
- bomb
- …
- perpetrate
- fall for
- expose
- …
- letter
- call
- …
Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus. - He was accused of using a bomb hoax to empty a rival restaurant.