hocus-pocus / ˈhoʊ kəsˈpoʊ kəs /

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hocus-pocus3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
  2. a juggler's trick; sleight of hand.
  3. trickery; deception.
  4. unnecessarily mysterious or elaborate activity or talk to cover up a deception, magnify a simple purpose, etc.
v. 有主动词 verb

ho·cus-po·cused, ho·cus-po·cus·ing or ho·cus-po·cussed, ho·cus-po·cus·sing.

  1. to play tricks on or with.
v. 无主动词 verb

ho·cus-po·cused, ho·cus-po·cus·ing or ho·cus-po·cussed, ho·cus-po·cus·sing.

  1. to perform tricks; practice trickery or deception.

hocus-pocus 近义词

n. 名词 noun

sleight of hand

更多hocus-pocus例句

  1. So how did 18-year-old Jason Marsden get cast as the voice of a talking cat in Hocus Pocus?
  2. Finally, in the spirit of Hocus Pocus, what are your Halloween plans this year?
  3. First negatively, it has not been done by any artificial means or legislative hocus-pocus (applause).
  4. It is hocus-pocus, a sort of social magic formula like the "mutabor" in the Arabian Nights; it is an Aladdins-lamp philosophy.
  5. He complains that Gautier is lacking in a concern about supernatural hocus-pocus and that Flaubert is lacking.
  6. "There's some hocus-pocus about this," whispered Trask, as he and Locke moved forward for a private talk.
  7. But love was beginning its usual hocus-pocus with character and turning a tired business man into a restless swain.