trick

noun

用以骗人 sth to cheat sb

1. 诡计；花招；骗局；把戏
   something that you do to make sb believe sth which is not true, or to annoy sb as a joke
   1. They had to think of a trick to get past the guards.
      他们只好想出个计谋骗过岗哨。
   2. The kids are always playing tricks on their teacher.
      孩子们经常耍些花招戏弄老师。

令人困惑的事 sth confusing

2. 引起错觉（或记忆紊乱）的事物
   something that confuses you so that you see, understand, remember, etc. things in the wrong way
   1. One of the problems of old age is that your memory can start to play tricks on you.
      老年人的问题之一是记忆可能紊乱起来。
   2. Was there somebody standing there or was it a trick of the light ?
      是真的有人站在那儿还是光线引起的错觉？

娱乐 entertainment

3. 戏法；把戏
   a clever action that sb/sth performs as a way of entertaining people
   1. He amused the kids with conjuring tricks.
      他变戏法逗得孩子们直乐。
   2. a card trick
      纸牌戏法

好方法 good method

4. 技巧；诀窍；窍门
   a way of doing sth that works well; a good method
   1. The trick is to pick the animal up by the back of its neck.
      窍门在于抓住动物的后脖颈把它提起来。
   2. He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself.
      他采用了以攻为守的老招数。

纸牌游戏 in card games

5. 一圈；一墩；一圈所打（或赢）的牌
   the cards that you play or win in a single part of a card game
   1. I won six tricks in a row.
      我接连赢了六墩牌。

verb

1. 欺骗；欺诈
   to make sb believe sth which is not true, especially in order to cheat them
   1. I'd been tricked and I felt stupid.
      我被人骗了，觉得自己真傻。
   2. He managed to trick his way past the security guards.
      他想方设法骗过保安员走了。

adj.

1. 为欺骗的；使人产生错觉的
   intended to trick sb
   1. It was a trick question (= one to which the answer seems easy but actually is not) .
      那是个容易使人上当的问题。
   2. It's all done using trick photography (= photography that uses clever techniques to show things that do not actually exist or are impossible) .
      这都是利用特技摄影产生的假象。
2. 虚弱有毛病的
   weak and not working well
   1. a trick knee
      膝软

1. N-COUNT 诡计;花招;骗局
   A trick is an action that is intended to deceive someone.
   1. We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me.
      我们正在戏弄那个一直烦我的家伙。
2. VERB 欺骗;哄骗
   If someone tricks you, they deceive you, often in order to make you do something.
   1. Stephen is going to be pretty upset when he finds out how you tricked him...
      如果斯蒂芬发现你怎样欺骗了他，他会非常气愤。
   2. His family tricked him into going to Pakistan, and once he was there, they took away his passport...
      家人骗他去了巴基斯坦，等到他一到那里，他们就拿走了他的护照。
   3. His real purpose is to trick his way into your home to see what he can steal.
      他的真实目的就是设局欺骗你以进入你的家里，看看他可以偷走什么。
3. N-COUNT 把戏;绝技
   A trick is a clever or skilful action that someone does in order to entertain people.
   1. He shows me card tricks.
      他表演纸牌戏法给我看。
4. N-COUNT 窍门;诀窍;技巧
   A trick is a clever way of doing something.
   1. Tiffany revamped her sitting room with simple decorative tricks.
      蒂法尼采用简单的装饰技巧将起居室翻新。
   2. It is not just a little trick you can pick up in half an hour.
      这不是你半个小时就能学会的小窍门。
5. See also: confidence trick conjuring trick hat-trick
6. PHRASE 奏效;达到目的
   If something does the trick, it achieves what you wanted.
   1. Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.
      有时说几句尖酸刻薄的话就有人听了。
7. PHRASE 千方百计;浑身解数;所有的办法
   If someone tries every trick in the book, they try every possible thing that they can think of in order to achieve something.
   1. Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
      各公司想方设法地保持比竞争者领先一步的优势。
8. PHRASE 灯光造成的幻觉
   If you say that something is a trick of the light, you mean that what you are seeing is an effect caused by the way that the light falls on things, and does not really exist in the way that it appears.
   1. Her head appears to be on fire but that is only a trick of the light.
      她的头部看上去像是着火了，但那只是灯光造成的幻觉。
9. PHRASE 无所(不)知;无事(不)晓;把握住任何机会
   If you say that someone does not miss a trick, you mean that they always know what is happening and take advantage of every situation.
   1. When it comes to integrating their transport systems, the French don't miss a trick.
      法国人从不放过任何整合其交通系统的机会。
10. PHRASE （行业）诀窍,门道，绝活
    The tricks of the trade are the quick and clever ways of doing something that are known by people who regularly do a particular activity.
    1. To get you started, we have asked five successful writers to reveal some of the tricks of the trade.
       为了让你开始写作，我们邀请了 5 位成功作家向你透露一些写作秘诀。
11. PHRASE 故伎重演;耍老花招
    If you say that someone is up to their tricks or up to their old tricks, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in the dishonest or deceitful way in which they typically behave.
    1. I have no respect for my father who, having remarried, is still up to his old tricks.
       我对父亲没任何敬意，他已经再婚，却依然喜欢耍老把戏。
12. you can't teach an old dog new tricks → see: dog

1. The trick boomeranged, though
   然而这个花招竟害了自己。
2. We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me
   我们在捉弄一个总是来烦我的人。
3. She is the victim of a big con trick.
   她是一场大骗局的受害者。
4. That's a cute trick.
   这是个设计巧妙的骗局。
5. I don't think Mr Cavanagh would get far with that trick.
   我想卡瓦纳先生的那套把戏玩不了多久。
6. Inhalations of menthol may do the trick.
   吸入薄荷醇或许可以起到作用。
7. It's an old trick but it just might work
   这是个老掉牙的把戏了，不过也许会有用。
8. Love songs trick us into believing in knights in shining armor.
   情歌哄骗我们去相信有勇救美人的英雄。
9. They will stoop to every low-down trick.
   他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。
10. Passing sentence, the judge said it all had the appearance of a con trick
    宣布判决时，法官称其完全符合诈骗案的要素。
11. Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps
    有人搞恶作剧整她，在最高的台阶上拉了一根绳子。
12. Mia realised her trick had rebounded on her
    米娅意识到她的把戏反而害了自己。
13. Stephen is going to be pretty upset when he finds out how you tricked him
    如果斯蒂芬发现你怎样欺骗了他，他会非常气愤。
14. His family tricked him into going to Pakistan, and once he was there, they took away his passport
    家人骗他去了巴基斯坦，等到他一到那里，他们就拿走了他的护照。
15. His real purpose is to trick his way into your home to see what he can steal.
    他的真实目的就是设局欺骗你以进入你的家里，看看他可以偷走什么。
16. He shows me card tricks.
    他表演纸牌戏法给我看。
17. Tiffany revamped her sitting room with simple decorative tricks.
    蒂法尼采用简单的装饰技巧将起居室翻新。
18. It is not just a little trick you can pick up in half an hour.
    这不是你半个小时就能学会的小窍门。
19. Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.
    有时说几句尖酸刻薄的话就有人听了。
20. Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
    各公司想方设法地保持比竞争者领先一步的优势。
21. Her head appears to be on fire but that is only a trick of the light.
    她的头部看上去像是着火了，但那只是灯光造成的幻觉。
22. When it comes to integrating their transport systems, the French don't miss a trick.
    法国人从不放过任何整合其交通系统的机会。
23. I have no respect for my father who, having remarried, is still up to his old tricks.
    我对父亲没任何敬意，他已经再婚，却依然喜欢耍老把戏。
24. He used the fake plans to trick her.
    他用假计划使她上当。
25. You shall not serve me that trick twice.
    不许你再像那样捉弄我了。
26. That's a mean trick.
    这法子真损。
27. Don't try to draw me out.; Don't try to trick me with words into betraying the secret.
    别拿话来诈我。
28. So this had been a trick to lure the tiger from the mountain! Zhu Laogong's lungs nearly burst with rage.
    朱老巩明白过来，是调虎离山计，一时气炸了肺。
29. I was hurt by his dirty trick.
    我被他的卑鄙手段伤害了。

  trick cheat con deceive【导航词义：欺骗】

  trick v. 欺骗，哄骗

〔辨析〕指用花招、诡计等骗人做某事或相信某一不真实之事，目的是从中渔利。

  cheat v. 欺骗，作弊

〔辨析〕强调以不诚实的手段谋取私利或占便宜，尤指利用他人的信任搞欺诈或在竞赛、游戏、考试等中作弊。

  con v. 〈非正式〉诈骗，哄骗

〔辨析〕指骗取他人钱财，或哄骗他人相信或做某事。

  deceive v. 欺骗，蒙骗

〔辨析〕指用编造谎言、制造假象等方法使他人上当。

trick sb into sth/into doing sth

1. 诱使某人做某事
   to make sb do sth by means of a trick

trick sb out of sth

1. 从某人处骗走某物
   to get sth from sb by means of a trick

trick sb/sth↔out (in/with sth)

1. 打扮（或装饰）得引人注目
   to dress or decorate sb/sth in a way that attracts attention

n.

a bag/box of tricks

• 一套措施；全部法宝
  a set of methods or equipment that sb can use

be up to your (old) tricks

• 故技重演；耍老花招
  to be behaving in the same bad way as before

do the trick

• 奏效；起作用；达到目的
  to succeed in solving a problem or achieving a particular result
  1. I don't know what it was that did the trick, but I am definitely feeling much better.
     我不知道是什么起的作用，但是我确实觉得好多了。

every trick in the book

• 无所不用其极；浑身解数
  every available method, whether it is honest or not
  1. He'll try every trick in the book to stop you from winning.
     他将使尽浑身解数阻止你取胜。

have a trick, some more tricks, etc. up your sleeve

• 袖藏玄机；胸有成竹；自有锦囊妙计
  to have an idea, some plans, etc. that you keep ready to use if it becomes necessary

trick or treat

• 是请吃糖，还是想遭殃（万圣节时儿童挨家索要糖果用语，扬言若不给糖就捣乱戏弄别人）
  said by children who visit people's houses at Halloween and threaten to play tricks on people who do not give them sweets/candy

the tricks of the trade

• （某一行业或活动的）绝招，绝活，门道，生意经
  the clever ways of doing things, known and used by people who do a particular job or activity

turn a trick

• 接客卖淫
  to have sex with sb for money

he, she, etc. doesn't miss a trick

• 不失时机；很机敏
  used to say that sb notices every opportunity to gain an advantage

(you can't) teach an old dog new tricks

• 老大（不）可教；（无法）改变人们长时间形成的思想（或做事方法等）
  (you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time

noun

1. an illusory feat

   Synonym:    magic trickconjuring trickmagiclegerdemainconjurationthaumaturgyillusiondeception

2. a cunning or deceitful action or device
   1. he played a trick on me
   2. he pulled a fast one and got away with it

   Synonym:    fast one

3. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

   Synonym:    anticjokeprankcaperput-on

4. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
   1. that offer was a dirty trick

5. (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players

6. a prostitute's customer

   Synonym:    whoremasterwhoremongerjohn

7. a period of work or duty

verb

1. deceive somebody
   1. We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week

   Synonym:    flim-flamplay a joke onplay tricksfobfoxpull a fast one onplay a trick on