hoodwink
英['h?dw??k]
美['h?dw??k]
- vt. 蒙蔽；欺騙；遮眼
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?hoodwinks;過去式:?hoodwinked;過去分詞:?hoodwinked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?hoodwinking;
助記提示
1. Hoodwink [16] originally meant literally 'cover someone's eyes with a hood or blindfold so that they could not see'.
中文詞源
hoodwink 欺詐，欺騙
hood,兜帽，wink,眨眼，搖擺。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- hoodwink (v.)
- 1560s, "to blindfold," from hood (n.1) + wink; figurative sense of "mislead, deceive" is c. 1600. Related: Hoodwinked; hoodwinking.
雙語例句
- 1. People expect others to be honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people.
- 人們認為別人是誠實正直的，所以騙子很容易行騙得逞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He could hoodwink him all right.
- 他完全可以把他騙了.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 3. I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.
- 我無法相信這么顯眼的一出喜劇能夠欺騙誰.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It is difficult to hoodwink a smart lawyer.
- 很難欺騙一個聰明的律師.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. He is an easy person to hoodwink.
- 他是個容易受騙的人.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)