v.欺骗；哄骗；愚弄
n.愚弄人；恶作剧
All hoax viruses are essentially chain letters. 所有的欺骗性病毒基本都是连续性的字母。
Some posters on Chinese bulletin boards and blogs have argued that Mr Zhou was perhaps merely a hapless tool in a hoax perpetrated mainly by bureaucrats. 一些中文的贴子和博客提出，周也许不过是官方欺骗闹剧中的一个不幸的工具而已。
Mainstream critics argue that the entire affair is a hoax. 主流的批评家批评整件事是一场愚弄。
Authorities call the apparent hoax reprehensible, but even with just five feet. 官方称这是明显的愚弄行为，应该遭受斥责，但是仍然还有五只断脚。
用作名词 (n.)They considered the phone call a hoax. 他们认为那个电话是恶作剧。
I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title. 我从来没有想到我的恶作剧会这么不可收拾，你们为得知新书名而欣喜不已时我真觉得糟糕透了。
