hocuspocus / ˈhoʊ kəsˈpoʊ kəs /

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hocuspocus3 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.

hocuspocus 近义词

hocuspocus

等同于 magic spell

hocuspocus

等同于 mumbo jumbo

hocuspocus

等同于 sleight of hand

hocuspocus

等同于 whammy

hocuspocus

等同于 witchcraft

hocuspocus

等同于 incantation

hocuspocus

等同于 invocation

hocuspocus

等同于 legerdemain

hocuspocus

等同于 magic

hocuspocus

等同于 necromancy

hocuspocus

等同于 sorcery

hocuspocus

等同于 spell

hocuspocus

等同于 voodoo

hocuspocus

等同于 ignis fatuus

hocuspocus

等同于 indirection

hocuspocus

等同于 jabberwocky

hocuspocus

等同于 prestidigitation

hocuspocus

等同于 shadiness

hocuspocus

等同于 shiftiness

hocuspocus

等同于 slyness

hocuspocus

等同于 sneakiness

hocuspocus

等同于 thaumaturgy

hocuspocus

等同于 theurgy

hocuspocus

等同于 trickiness

hocuspocus

等同于 underhandedness

hocuspocus

等同于 dishonesty

hocuspocus

等同于 fraud

hocuspocus

等同于 abracadabra

hocuspocus

等同于 gibberish

hocuspocus

等同于 hex

hocuspocus

等同于 hocus-pocus

hocuspocus

等同于 illusion

hocuspocus

等同于 imposition

hocuspocus

等同于 imposture

hocuspocus

等同于 trick

更多hocuspocus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.