| 单词 | trick |
| 释义 | noun | verb | adjective tricktrick1 /trɪk/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1DECEIVE somebody something you do in order to deceive someone: The story was just a trick to get me to give him money.2JOKE something you do to surprise someone and to make other people laugh: The girls were always playing tricks on each other.3MAGIC something you do to entertain people, especially something that looks like magic or is very unusual or skillful: card tricksdo/perform a trick The dog did a few tricks with a ball.4SMART METHOD a way of doing something that works very well: I know a trick for remembering names. The trick is to add the milk to the mix slowly. After 20 years as a lawyer, he knows all the tricks of the trade (=methods used in a particular job).5something CONFUSING something that makes things appear to be different from the way they really are: It must have been a trick of the light. Your imagination can play tricks on you.6do the trick spoken if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result: These pills should do the trick.7a dirty/rotten/mean/cheap etc. trick an unkind or unfair thing to do8use/try every trick in the book to use or try every method that you know, even dishonest ones, to achieve what you want: Vicki used every trick in the book to get Patty fired.9be up to your (old) tricks informal to be doing the same dishonest things that you have often done before10somebody’s bag/arsenal etc. of tricks the methods someone can use to achieve what he or she wants11have a trick up your sleeve informal to have a smart plan or idea that you can use if you need to: If that doesn’t work, I have a couple more tricks up my sleeve.12somebody can teach/show somebody a trick or two informal used to say that someone knows more than someone else or can do something better than someone else13how’s tricks? spoken old-fashioned used to greet someone in a friendly way14CARDS the cards played or won in one part of a game of cards15SEX informal a)someone who pays a prostitute to have sex b)a sex partner that you do not know well or care much about[Origin: 1400–1500 Old North French trique, from trikier to deceive, cheat, from Old French trichier] → see also confidence trick, hat trick, somebody doesn’t miss a trick at miss1 (14), you can’t teach an old dog new tricks at teach (7) noun | verb | adjective tricktrick2 ●●● S3 verb [transitive] to deceive someone in order to get something from him or her or to make him or her do something: You tricked me!trick somebody into doing something She was tricked into signing the document.trick somebody out of something Winston had tricked the elderly couple out of $5,000.trick something ↔ out phrasal verb informal to decorate or dress someone or something in a special way—tricked out adjective noun | verb | adjective tricktrick3 adjective [only before noun] 1used to describe things that are designed or made to deceive people: trick photography The trick mirrors make you look fatter than you are.2a trick question a question that seems easy to answer but has a hidden difficulty3a trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc. a joint that is weak and can suddenly cause you problems |
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