hoax
n
mischievous trick played on sb for a joke 惡作劇; 戲弄
The fire-brigade answered the emergency call but there was no fire it was all a hoax. 消防隊接到報警電話後采取了行動, 但是并沒有火災--這完全是一場惡作劇.
[attrib 作定語]
a hoax phone call 惡作劇的電話. hoax, v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (into doing sth) deceive sb as a joke 開玩笑騙某人; 戲弄某人
I was hoaxed into believing their story. 我上了當, 還以為他們的玩笑是真的呢.