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hoodwink

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hood·wink /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/ verb [transitive + into]  TRICK/DECEIVEto trick someone in a clever way so that you can get an advantage for yourself 欺诈,哄骗 SYN con→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hoodwinkCould we have been hoodwinked all the way?He says they've been hoodwinked and the noise is an intrusion on their lives.Some one should hoodwink Hick into thinking it's a one-day game.She had been hoodwinked into spending money on a product that she can not, eco-soundly, use.But don't be hoodwinked into thinking that gifts and other offerings are the way to bring lasting happiness.He'd been exploited, hoodwinked, lied to.Does anyone else around here think we were hoodwinked on this deal?On board ship he invariably tried to hoodwink other people, even a cabin boy, into paying for his sherry.
Origin hoodwink (1600-1700) hoodwink to cover the eyes with a hood ((16-19 centuries)), from hood + wink
hood·wink verbChineseSyllable
to way in someone Corpus so trick clever a that


hoodwink
hoodwink /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/ verb [transitive + into]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: hoodwink 'to cover the eyes with a hood' (16-19 centuries), from hood + wink
to trick someone in a clever way so that you can get an advantage for yourself
   SYN  con


hood·winkBrE /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hoodwink BrE /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhʊdwɪŋk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it hoodwinks BrE /ˈhʊdwɪŋks/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhʊdwɪŋks/ 🔊past simple hoodwinked BrE /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ 🔊past participle hoodwinked BrE /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhʊdwɪŋkt/ 🔊 -ing form hoodwinking BrE /ˈhʊdwɪŋkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhʊdwɪŋkɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb (into doing sth) to trick sb 欺诈,欺骗(某人)She had been hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace. 她受骗买了条一文不值的项链。🔊🔊