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
Great! I'll make a reservation right now.
太好了， 我现在就订房间。
No. I have been away on vacation.
是呀，我休假去了。
and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
因此，尽管制造这些工具的人的骨头早已荡然无存，但远古时代的石头工具却保存了下来。