单词hoax
n.: 骗局；恶作剧
v.: 作弄；欺骗
网络: 戏弄；愚弄；恶作剧病毒
骗局；恶作剧:
an act intended to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant
作弄；欺骗:
to trick sb by making them believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant
欺骗,戏弄
开玩笑
设置骗局;骗人把戏
欺骗,愚弄,戏弄;骗术,骗局
复数：hoaxes
过去分词：hoaxed
现在分词：hoaxing
v.deceivetrickconswindlemisleadn.deceptionpractical jokejokeruseprank
The fire brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire it was all a hoax .
消防队接到报警电话后采取了行动，但是并没有火灾这完全是一场恶作剧。
A little over five minutes later, we read a report that a similar text had gone out in the Philipines, and that it turned out to be a hoax.
就在5分钟后，我们看到来自菲律宾的一条类似的信息，后来证明是一场骗局。
We all left the building after a telephone caller said there was a bomb, but it was just a hoax.
有人打电话来说大楼里有炸弹，我们都离开了，但这只是一个恶作剧。
The consensus seems to be that the paper itself is real rather than some sort of hoax, but the result may well turn out to be wrong.
论文本身是真实可信的而不是愚弄大众，但是，舆论认为，这一结论很可能被证明有错。
"As it turns out, it was a hoax, " admitted the author in a statement posted on the website of his magazine, La Regle du Jeu.
莱维在他的杂志「游戏规则」网站发表声明，坦言「如同众人所见，这是个骗局」。
Many prominent British scientists deemed it a hoax when presented with a sketch and pelt, in 1798.
1798年，当草图和兽皮被公布的时候，许多著名的英国科学家都认为是恶作剧。
It turned out that Ponzi had never actually got around to buying many postal coupons and that it was all a colossal hoax.
事后证明，庞茨事实上并未四处购买邮政息券，而这完全是一个巨大的骗局。
There was not a bomb in the hotel at all--it was just a hoax.
饭店里根本没有炸弹，这不过是一场骗局。
However, the last airline did not find any explosives and that the suspected hoax calls.
但航空公司最后并没有发现任何爆炸物，这个电话疑似恶作剧。
Per the Zetas, admitting that it was all a hoax, a part of the Planet X cover-up, would be just too humiliating.
根据齐塔人的说法，承认这一切都是骗局，是X星掩盖活动的一部分，实在是太令人丢脸了。