hoodwink
英 [ˈhʊd.wɪŋk]
美 [ˈhʊd.wɪŋk]
1. Hoodwink [16] originally meant literally 'cover someone's eyes with a hood or blindfold so that they could not see'.
hoodwink 欺诈,欺骗hood,兜帽,wink,眨眼,摇摆。比喻用法。
- hoodwink (v.)
- 1560s, "to blindfold," from hood (n.1) + wink; figurative sense of "mislead, deceive" is c. 1600. Related: Hoodwinked; hoodwinking.
- 1. People expect others to be honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people.
- 人们认为别人是诚实正直的,所以骗子很容易行骗得逞。
- 2. He could hoodwink him all right.
- 他完全可以把他骗了.
- 3. I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.
- 我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁.
- 4. It is difficult to hoodwink a smart lawyer.
- 很难欺骗一个聪明的律师.
- 5. He is an easy person to hoodwink.
- 他是个容易受骗的人.