剑桥词典a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick 恶作剧，骗局 The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax. 那次炸弹恐吓结果发现是场恶作剧。 He'd made a hoax call claiming to be the president . 他搞了个恶作剧，打电话自称是总统。 返回 hoax