单词乎

jiggery-pokery

音标['dʒigәri'pәukәri]

汉语翻译

n. 欺诈, 欺骗

英语解释

名词 jiggery-pokery:

  1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
    同义词:trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery

例句

  1. He began to suspect that some jiggery-pokery was going on.
    他怀疑有人在暗中捣鬼。

详细解释


jig.ger.y-pok.er.y

n.(名词)
Underhand scheming or behavior; trickery:
阴谋:阴险、欺诈的计划或行为:
例句:
.By some legal—or perhaps illegal—jiggery-pokery, he could declare the election void.(John Hughes)
.利用合法的、也许是非法的欺骗,他能宣布选举无效.(约翰·休斯)


来源:
Alteration of joukery-pawkery
joukery-pawkery的变化
from Scots jouk [to dodge] probably from duck 2
源自 苏格兰语 jouk [躲避] 可能源自 duck2
Scots pawk [trick]
苏格兰语 pawk [诡计]


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