hoax
英[həʊks] 美[hoʊks]
1.恶作剧;假警报;骗局
Ahoax 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. He denied making thehoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过恶作剧电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯后被判有罪。
1. 骗局：电球(球形闪电)的存在问题,一直是气象学家们的争议,很多科学家甚至称之为骗局(hoax). 柏林洪堡大学汉堡大学(Humboldt University)的离子物理学家最近的研究有了一丝进步,他们在实验室环境,人工制造出了闪电球.
2. 恶作剧：在搜集初始资讯并决定警示的本质之后,Helpdesk 应该可以决定所发生的情况是假警报 (False Alarm)、恶作剧 (hoax) 或真的恶意软体攻击. 检查正在执行 Telnet 或档案传输通讯协定 (FTP) 服务的所有执行个体. 如果这个选项不可行,
3. 欺骗：hoatzin 麝雉 |hoax 欺骗 | hob 滚刀
He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过恶作剧电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯后被判有罪。
Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
学生们擅长于一种特殊形式的恶作剧 -- 设置骗局.
They hoax him out of his money.
他们骗去他的钱.
Dr. Fassbender and Operation Looking Glass are certainly no hoax.
法斯本德教授和他的窥镜系统可不是开玩笑的.
It was a hoax, as I was soon to learn.
后来不久我才知道这是个骗局.
He made a hoax call pretending to be the boss.
他打了一通恶作剧的电话,假装是上司.
In the end, the hoax was all in good fun.
最后, 我想说的是,制造这个谎言其实还满好玩的.
Heavier - than - air flying machines are impossible be a hoax.
比空气重的飞行机器是不可能的.
Do not hoax macaques to prevent attack.
请勿戏弄猕猴,以免遭受攻击.
But sending the letters is a serious crime, even if they a hoax FBIa statement.
但是派送这些信是严重的犯罪!即使他们只是想愚弄一下别人.
The Saudi authorities say's all a hoax and they've launched a police investigation.
沙特当局称整个事件只不过是一出闹剧,已派遣警方介入调查.
Speculation is growing about whether Thursday's runaway balloon story in Colorado was a hoax.
公众都在猜测,周四科罗拉多州发生的气球起飞事件是不是恶作剧.
There was also a hoax involving a tailor's dummy dressed as a Russian officer.
出自：Sunday ExpressThere had been a hoax call about a bomb at some large public building.
出自：attrib.