N-COUNT [oft NOUN n]恶作剧;假警报;骗局 A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not. 恶作剧;假警报;骗局
A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre.
一系列炸弹假警报扰乱了市中心的圣诞节购物活动。
He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HOAX | HOAX + NOUNADJECTIVE➤elaborate精心設計的騙局◇It turned out to be an elaborate hoax.後來發現這是一場精心設計的騙局。➤cruel殘忍的騙局◇He described the deception as a cruel hoax.他將這一欺騙描述成殘忍的惡作劇。➤bomb (BrE) 炸彈恐嚇▸➤email, Internet, virus電郵恐嚇;網絡騙局;病毒惡作劇◇He had been the victim of a computer virus hoax.他曾經是計算機病毒惡作劇的受害者。VERB + HOAX➤perpetrate設下騙局◇a hoax perpetrated by the government政府設下的騙局➤fall for上了惡作劇的當▸➤expose揭穿惡作劇HOAX + NOUN➤email, letter惡作劇電子郵件/信件▸➤call, caller (both BrE) 惡作劇電話;打惡作劇電話的人