hocus-pocus

Word family nounhocus-pocusverbhocus

ho·cus-po·cus /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs $ ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountableU]

UNTRUEa method or belief that you think is based on false ideas 花招，把戏，骗术

He thinks psychology is a load of hocus-pocus.

他认为心理学是一套骗人的把戏。

Examples from the Corpus

hocus-pocus• Lind's simple and logical process should have swept through medicine, brushing aside the accumulated hocus-pocus of centuries.• Corporate executives should recognize financial hocus-pocus by now.• In her poor barrio, La Paca impressed some and irked others with her hocus-pocus and well-connected friends.• Higgledy-piggledy merges, all too easily, into hocus-pocus.• In fact, Smith did not rest his argument on hocus-pocus.

Origin hocus-pocus

(1600-1700) hax pax max Deus adimax, a pretended Latin phrase used by people doing magic tricks

词汇	hocus-pocus
释义	hocus-pocus Word family nounhocus-pocusverbhocus ho·cus-po·cus /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs $ ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountableU] UNTRUEa method or belief that you think is based on false ideas 花招，把戏，骗术 He thinks psychology is a load of hocus-pocus. 他认为心理学是一套骗人的把戏。 Examples from the Corpus hocus-pocus• Lind's simple and logical process should have swept through medicine, brushing aside the accumulated hocus-pocus of centuries.• Corporate executives should recognize financial hocus-pocus by now.• In her poor barrio, La Paca impressed some and irked others with her hocus-pocus and well-connected friends.• Higgledy-piggledy merges, all too easily, into hocus-pocus.• In fact, Smith did not rest his argument on hocus-pocus. Origin hocus-pocus (1600-1700) hax pax max Deus adimax, a pretended Latin phrase used by people doing magic tricks
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