hoax读音：英读音[həʊks]，美读音[hoʊks]。
hoax，英语单词，主要用作名词、动词，作名词时译为“恶作剧；骗局；谎报”，作动词时译为“捉弄，欺骗”。
短语搭配：
Virus hoax.病毒恶作剧 ; 恶 ; 恶作剧电子邮件 ; 病毒。
Hoax Liverpool.奥克斯利物浦酒店。
Hoax virus.愚弄病毒 ; 病毒恶作剧。
coax hoax.哄骗与欺骗。
The Hoax.骗局 ; 片 ; 大亨伪传 ; 招摇撞骗。
Also hoax.还会恶作剧。
Hotmail hoax.愚弄邮件。
spreading hoax.散布谣言。
双语例句：
1.They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们成了一大骗局的上当受骗者。
2.Several people have taken photos, but at least one of them was a hoax.
有几个人拍到过照片,但肯定有些是骗局。
3.He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.
他否认打过恶作剧电话，但经过一番短暂的审讯后被判有罪。
4.Good, because this could all be a hoax.
很好，因为这可能是场恶作剧。
5.Well, experts now say it was all a hoax.
不过，专家们现在说，那完全是一个骗局。
6.He also insists that the service is not a hoax.
他坚称，这项服务并非恶作剧。
7.Free trade is a cruel hoax on the middle and working class.
自由贸易对于中产阶级和工人阶级来说是一个残酷的骗局。
8.The sky show will examine and analyse various Moon Hoax theories.
节目会透过科学方法，分析这些登月疑点。
9.My vision wasn't the same as the one on the hoax video.
我的幻象跟那恶作剧影片不一样。
10.National flood insurance should also be revised; it is almost a hoax right now.
全国洪水保险制度也应该修改；就现在来说几乎等于一纸空文。