英语词汇“hocus-pocus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	hocus-pocus
释义	Trends of hocus-pocus View usage for: hocus-pocus (hoʊkəs poʊkəs) uncountable noun If you describe something as hocus-pocus, you disapprove of it because you think it is false and intended to trick or deceive people. [disapproval] It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge. More Synonyms of hocus-pocus hocus-pocus in British English (ˈhəʊkəsˈpəʊkəs) noun 1. trickery or chicanery 2. mystifying jargon 3. an incantation used by conjurors or magicians when performing tricks 4. conjuring skill or practice Also called: hokey-pokey verbWord forms: -cuses, -cusing, -cused, -cuses, -cussing or -cussed 5. to deceive or trick (someone) Word origin C17: perhaps a dog-Latin formation invented by jugglers hocus-pocus in American English (ˈhoʊkəsˈpoʊkəs) noun 1. meaningless words used as a formula by conjurers 2. a magician's trick or trickery; sleight of hand; legerdemain 3. any meaningless action or talk drawing attention away from some deception 4. trickery; deception verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈhoˈcus-pocused or ˈhoˈcus-pocussed, ˈhoˈcus-pocusing or ˈhoˈcus-pocussing 5. Informal to trick; dupe Word origin imitation L, prob. altered < hax pax (max Deus adimax), arbitrary magic formula attributed to medieval traveling scholars Examples of 'hocus-pocus' in a sentence hocus-pocus `You could have approached us without all the hocus-pocus, couldn't you? Ferrars, Elizabeth UNREASONABLE DOUBT (2002) Hey, great, the hocus-pocus exhibition is still going strong. Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002) `And I'm not into crystals and hocus-pocus so I was only going to be mooching untilthey'd finished. Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002) One look at what s on the table, and we're aware of the reasons behind your juvenile hocus-pocus games. Cussler, Clive INCA GOLD (2002)
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