Hocus-pocus
哄骗
📖 牛津释义
hocus-pocus
n[U]
talk or behaviour designed to draw one's attention away from what is actually happening; trickery; deception 旨在转移他人注意力的言谈或举止; 花招; 骗术.
🧩 词语组成解析
vt. 欺骗, 麻醉
🗣️ 情景例句
or we won't be finished by dinnertime.
要不然， 晚餐时间到了我们还做不完。
Would you mind if I took a day off?
我请一天假可以吗？
After the War of Independence ended, New York became the capital of the USA for a short time (1789-90) before Washington, D.C.
独立战争结束以后，在华盛顿成为首都之前，纽约市曾经一度是美国的首都，不过时间很短（1789-90）。