something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Verb:
subject to a playful hoax or joke
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All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters. 所有的欺骗性病毒基本都是连续性的字母。
Some posters on Chinese bulletin boards and blogs have argued that Mr Zhou was perhaps merely a hapless tool in a hoax perpetrated mainly by bureaucrats. 一些中文的贴子和博客提出,周也许不过是官方欺骗闹剧中的一个不幸的工具而已。
Mainstream critics argue that the entire affair is a hoax. 主流的批评家批评整件事是一场愚弄。
Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet. 官方称这是明显的愚弄行为,应该遭受斥责,但是仍然还有五只断脚。
They considered the phone call a hoax. 他们认为那个电话是恶作剧。
I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title. 我从来没有想到我的恶作剧会这么不可收拾,你们为得知新书名而欣喜不已时我真觉得糟糕透了。
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There was also a hoax involving a tailor's dummy dressed as a Russian officer.
出自:Sunday Express
There had been a hoax call about a bomb at some large public building.