trick
noun
verb
adj
trɪk
noun
1
STH THAT DECEIVES SB
骗人的花招
something
you
do
in
order
to
deceive
someone
骗局,花招,诡计
Pretending
he
doesn’t
remember
is
an
old
trick
of
his.
假装不记得是他的老花招了。
He
didn’t
really
lose
his
wallet
–
that’s
just
a
trick.
他其实没有丢钱包 — 这只是一个花招而已。
2
JOKE
玩笑
something
you
do
to
surprise
someone
and
to
make
other
people
laugh
恶作剧
I’m
getting
tired
of
your
silly
tricks.
我对你那些愚蠢的恶作剧感到厌烦了。
The
girls
were
playing
tricks
on
their
teacher.
这些女孩子在捉弄她们的老师。
3
STH THAT MAKES THINGS APPEAR DIFFERENT
引起错觉的事物
something
that
makes
things
appear
to
be
different
from
the
way
they
really
are
引起错觉 (记忆紊乱 )的事物
After
walking
for
hours
in
the
hot
sun,
his
mind
began
playing
tricks
on
him.
在火辣辣的太阳底下走了很长时间,他的头脑开始迷糊了。
At
first
he
thought
someone
was
coming
towards
him,
but
it
was
just
a
trick
of
the
light
.
开始他以为有人朝他走来,原来只是灯光引起的错觉。
4
a dirty/rotten/mean trick
an
unkind
or
unfair
thing
to
do
下流的/无耻的/卑鄙的行为
He
didn’t
turn
up?
What
a
dirty
trick!
他没来? 真无耻!
5
do the trick
if
something
does
the
trick,
it
solves
a
problem
or
provides
what
is
needed
to
get
a
good
result
[口] 奏效,达到预期效果
spoken
A
bit
more
flour
should
do
the
trick.
再来一点面粉应该就可以了。
6
MAGIC
魔术
a
skilful
set
of
actions
that
seem
like
magic,
done
to
entertain
people
戏法,把戏
My
uncle
was
always
showing
me
card
tricks
when
I
was
a
kid.
我小时候,我叔叔总是用纸牌变戏法给我看。
a
magic
trick
魔术
7
CLEVER METHOD
巧妙办法
a
way
of
doing
something
that
works
very
well
but
may
not
be
easy
to
notice
诀窍; 技巧,技法
The
trick
is
to
bend
your
knees
as
you
catch
the
ball.
诀窍是接球时要屈膝。
a
salesman
who
knew
all
the
tricks
of
the
trade
(=clever
methods
used
in
a
particular
job)
熟知这一行所有门道的推销员
8
use/try every trick in the book
to
use
every
method
that
you
know,
even
dishonest
ones,
to
achieve
what
you
want
使出各种绝招,使出浑身解数
9
teach/show sb a trick or two
used
to
say
that
someone
knows
more
than
someone
else
or
can
do
something
better
than
them
[非正式] 比某人知道得多 (高明 )
informal
Experienced
teachers
can
show
new
teachers
a
trick
or
two.
有经验的老师可以教新教师几招。
10
sb is up to their (old) tricks
10.
to
be
doing
the
same
dishonest
things
that
you
have
often
done
before
[非正式] 某人在故伎重施
informal
11
CARDS
纸牌
the
cards
played
or
won
in
one
part
of
a
game
of
cards
〔纸牌游戏中出的或赢的〕一圈牌,一墩牌
He
won
the
first
three
tricks
easily.
他轻松地赢了头三墩牌。
12
HABIT
习惯
to
have
a
habit
of
using
a
particular
expression
or
of
moving
your
face
or
body
in
a
particular
way
[英] 有做某事的习惯〔指经常有某种表情或某种动作〕
BrE
She
had
this
trick
of
raising
her
eyebrows
at
the
end
of
a
question.
她有一个习惯,每次提问完了总要扬一下眉毛。
13
never miss a trick
13.
to
always
know
exactly
what
is
happening
even
if
it
does
not
concern
you
[口] 对所发生的事无所不晓 (了如指掌 )
spoken
Dave’s
found
out.
He
never
misses
a
trick,
does
he?
戴夫已经发现了,什么都瞒不过他,是不是?
14
how’s tricks?
14.
used
to
greet
someone
in
a
friendly
way
[过时,口] 近来如何?〔用于寒暄〕
old-fashioned spoken
Hello,
Bill!
How’s
tricks?
你好,比尔! 近来怎么样?
15
SEX
性
someone
who
pays
a
PROSTITUTE
to
have
sex
[美,过时,非正式] 嫖客
AmE old-fashioned informal
turn
a
trick
verb
16
to
deceive
someone
in
order
to
get
something
from
them
or
to
make
them
do
something
欺骗,诱骗,哄骗
She
knew
she’d
been
tricked,
but
it
was
too
late.
她知道自己被骗了,但为时已晚。
trick
sb
into
doing
sth
He
claimed
he
was
tricked
into
carrying
drugs.
他声称他是被人诱骗才携带毒品的。
trick
sb
out
of
sth
The
corporation
was
tricked
out
of
$20
million.
公司被骗走两千万美元。
trick
your
way
into/past/onto
etc
sth
He
tricked
his
way
into
her
home
by
pretending
to
be
a
policeman.
他假冒警察,进入了她家。
17
be tricked out with/in sth
to
be
decorated
with
something
用某物装饰,以某物打扮
BrE literary
a
hat
tricked
out
with
ribbons
一顶用缎带装饰的帽子
adj
18
trick photography
when
a
photograph
or
picture
has
been
changed
so
that
it
looks
different
from
what
was
really
there
特技摄影
19
a trick question a question
which
seems
easy
to
answer
but
has
a
hidden
difficulty
看似容易其实困难的问题
20
a trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc
a
joint
that
is
weak
and
can
suddenly
cause
you
problems
[美] 有毛病的膝关节/脚踝/肩关节等
AmE