单词	hocus-pocus
释义	hocus-pocusho‧cus-po‧cus /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs $ ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINhocus-pocus Origin: 1600-1700 hax pax max Deus adimax, a pretended Latin phrase used by people doing magic tricks Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Corporate executives should recognize financial hocus-pocus by now. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Higgledy-piggledy merges, all too easily, into hocus-pocus. In fact, Smith did not rest his argument on hocus-pocus. In her poor barrio, La Paca impressed some and irked others with her hocus-pocus and well-connected friends. Lind's simple and logical process should have swept through medicine, brushing aside the accumulated hocus-pocus of centuries. a method or belief that you think is based on false ideas:  He thinks psychology is a load of hocus-pocus.
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