hocus-pocus的翻译,读音
英/ ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs /
美/ ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊkəs /
释义:
n.花招,骗术;(变魔术用)霍克斯波克斯
v.捉弄,欺骗
v.捉弄,欺骗
词态
第三人称单数hocus-pocuses现在分词hocus-pocussing或hocus-pocusing
过去式hocus-pocussed或hocus-pocused
过去分词hocus-pocussed或hocus-pocused
例句
I am the old man. I know hocus-pocus. 我是个老人,我懂这些花招。
He had great respect for education, but he believed it was some kind of hocus-pocus that enabled a man to live without work. 他对文化教育怀有很大的敬意,不过他认为这只不过是使人不劳动能混饭吃的一种花招。
So much of what politicians say is just hocus-pocus. 政客们说的很多话都是骗人的鬼话。
The card is some hocus-pocus–a blind, as like as not. 这张纸不过是一种欺骗的戏法罢了,故弄玄虚。
It is just as likely that he was a charlatan peddling hocus-pocus. 他过去恰恰很可能是个挨家挨户行骗的江湖医生。