hood·wink
verb/ˈhʊdwɪŋk/
/ˈhʊdwɪŋk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hoodwink | /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/ /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/ |
| he / she / it hoodwinks | /ˈhʊdwɪŋks/ /ˈhʊdwɪŋks/ |
| past simple hoodwinked | /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ |
| past participle hoodwinked | /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ |
| -ing form hoodwinking | /ˈhʊdwɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈhʊdwɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- hoodwink somebody (into doing something) to trick somebody
欺骗；愚弄 - She had been hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace.
她受骗买了条一文不值的项链。 - I feel as if I’ve been hoodwinked.
我感觉自己好像被蒙蔽了。 - Staff felt as if they had been hoodwinked when they discovered the new management’s plans.
当员工发现新管理层的计划时，他们感觉自己好像被蒙蔽了。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘to blindfold’): from the noun hood ‘covering’ + an obsolete sense of wink ‘close the eyes’. - She had been hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace.