hocus-pocus

短语
FREQ #34631

哄骗

发音

UK /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/
US /ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊkəs/
US /-kɪs/

词形变化

hoci-poci hocus-pocuses 复数 hocus-pocusses hocus-pocusses 复数 hoci-poci 复数 hocused-pocused hocuses-pocuses hocusing-pocusing hocus-pocused hocus-pocuses 三单 hocus-pocuses hocus-pocusing hocus-pocussed hocus-pocussing hocussed-pocussed hocusses-pocusses hocussing-pocussing hocus-pocusses 三单 hocuses-pocuses 三单 hocusses-pocusses 三单 hocus-pocusing 现在分词 hocus-pocussing 现在分词 hocusing-pocusing 现在分词 hocussing-pocussing 现在分词 hocus-pocused 过去式 hocus-pocused 过去分词 hocus-pocussed 过去式 hocus-pocussed 过去分词 hocused-pocused 过去式 hocused-pocused 过去分词 hocussed-pocussed 过去式 hocussed-pocussed 过去分词

别名

hokus-pokus hocus and pocus hocuspocus hocus pocus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Some ineffectual action or speech, especially if intended to divert attention; nonsense.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Religious or supernatural phenomena one holds to be nonsense or mere trickery; superstitious mumbo-jumbo.

    贬义 不可数
  3. 3.

    Some action carried out to bring about change as if by magic; a trick; sleight of hand, trickery.

    美国 定语 可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A conjurer.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  5. 5.

    A conjurer's trick.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To play tricks or practise sleight of hand (on someone); (by extension) to cheat, to deceive.

    及物/不及物 非正式 过时
interj.
  1. 1.

    A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

trickery hanky-panky skulduggery jiggery-pokery skullduggery slickness

上位词 6

spell charm deception deceit magic spell misrepresentation

词源

The interjection and noun are derived from pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (by a particular 17th-century conjurer who allegedly adopted the moniker Hocus Pocus) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted. The verb is derived from the noun.

来源：wiktionary