英语词典 · 单词释义
hocus-pocus
英 ['həukəs'pəukəs] 美
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 变戏法；哄骗
- vi. 变戏法；哄骗
- n. 戏法；哄骗
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hocus-pocus 花招，骗术
来自17世纪魔术师开始变戏法时念念有词的咒语，hax pax max Deus adimax,仿拉丁短语，大意为神啊，赐我力量吧，Deux,神。引申词义花招，骗术。
英文词源
- hocus-pocus
- 1620s, Hocas Pocas, common name of a magician or juggler, a sham-Latin invocation used in tricks, probably based on a perversion of the sacramental blessing from the Mass, Hoc est corpus meum "This is my body." The first to make this speculation on its origin apparently was English prelate John Tillotson (1630-1694).
I will speak of one man ... that went about in King James his time ... who called himself, the Kings Majesties most excellent Hocus Pocus, and so was called, because that at the playing of every Trick, he used to say, Hocus pocus, tontus tabantus, vade celeriter jubeo, a dark composure of words, to blinde the eyes of the beholders, to make his Trick pass the more currantly without discovery. [Thomas Ady, "A Candle in the Dark," 1655]
双语例句
- 1. He was hocus - pocussed artificial diamond ring.
- 他受骗买了一只假钻戒.
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