"hocus" 怎么发音

word

US

ˈhoʊkəs

HOH-kuhs

UK

hˈəʊkəs

HOH-kuhs

释义

A word often used to refer to trickery, deception, or magical tricks, especially cheap or fake ones. It is most common in expressions about magic shows or things that seem false.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈhoʊkəs

英式英语

hˈəʊkəs

简化发音

美式

HOH-kuhs

英式

HOH-kuhs

语境中听

The magician used hocus to impress the crowd.

He thought the product was just hocus and not real science.

Don’t fall for that hocus at the fair!

All that diet magic is just marketing hocus.