| 单词 | hoodwink |
| 释义 | hoodwink (once / 7023 pages) v To hoodwink someone means to trick or mislead them. Beware of fake ATMs that try to hoodwink you into giving over your bank card and your code, only to keep them both and steal all your money. An excellent, old-fashioned word is hoodwink, and you’ll be happy you know it when you have to read Victorian novels in which characters are repeatedly hoodwinked. It is an Old English compound which meant "to blindfold" 600 years ago but quickly began to be used figuratively. Think about the expression, to pull the wool over someone's eyes, as having the same image and meaning. Has your big sister ever hoodwinked you into doing her chores for her? WORD FAMILYhoodwink: hoodwinked, hoodwinking, hoodwinks USAGE EXAMPLESThe author added that “hoodwinked” individuals consider the pageantry innocuous. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Then came the move that made them: a quite magnificent stunt that hoodwinked the entire French music industry. The Guardian(Nov 14, 2016) They might have been hoodwinked, but if Trump goes off the rails, they will stand by our side to oppose him. Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) 1v conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end Syn|Hyper bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow betray, deceive, lead astray cause someone to believe an untruth 2v influence by slyness Syn|Hyper beguile, juggle cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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