/trɪk ||; trɪk/noun[C]
1 something that you do to make sb believe sth that is not true or a joke that you play to annoy sb 诡计;花招;计谋;骗局:
The thieves used a trick to get past the security guards. 窃贼使计从保安人员身边溜走了。
2 something that confuses you so that you see, remember, understand, etc things in the wrong way 假象;错觉:
It was a trick question (= one in which the answer looks easy, but actually is not) 这是个看来容易做来难的问题。
3 an action that uses special skills to make people believe sth which is not true or real as a form of entertainment 把戏;戏法:
The magician performed a trick in which he made a rabbit disappear. 魔术师变戏法使兔子消失了。
a card trick 纸牌戏法
4 [usu.sing] a clever or the best way of doing sth 要领;窍门
do the job/trick→
JOB
play a joke/trick on sb→
JOKE¹
trick or treat (
especially US 尤为美) a tradition in which children dressed as ghosts, etc go to people's houses on the evening of October 31st (
Hallowe'en)and threaten to do sth bad to them if they do not give them sweets, etc 不给糖就捣蛋﹙万圣节前夕(Hallowe'en)﹙即10月31日之夜﹚﹐儿童扮成鬼挨门索要糖果等的用语﹐扬言如不给他们糖果等﹐他们就要捣蛋﹚:
to go trick or treating 玩“不给糖就捣蛋”游戏