Humbug

['hʌmbʌg] or ['hʌmbʌɡ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive.

(verb.) trick or deceive.

伊娃手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

(n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.

(n.) One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.

(v. t.) To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.

錄入:劳伦斯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [Colloquial.] [1]. Imposition, imposture, fetch, deception, fraud, trick, cheat, gammon, dodge, gouge, blind, feint, chouse.[2]. Charlatanry, charlatanism, quackery, mummery, cant, hypocrisy.[3]. Impostor, charlatan, quack.

v. a. [Colloquial.] Deceive, cheat, cozen, swindle, trick, hoax, befool, diddle, chouse, impose upon.

錄入:特丽萨

解釋/意思:

n. an imposition under fair pretences: hollowness pretence: one who so imposes: a kind of candy.—v.t. to deceive: to hoax:—pr.p. hum′bugging; pa.p. hum′bugged.—adj. Humbug′able capable of being humbugged.—ns. Hum′bugger one who humbugs; Hum′buggery the practice of humbugging.

校對:奥斯瓦德