trick1 /trɪk/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC] 1 STH that deceives SB 骗人的花招TRICK/DECEIVE something you do in order to deceive someone 花招,骗局,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. 他并没有真的丢了钱包——这只是一个骗局。
2 joke 玩笑JOKE 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. 女孩子们正在捉弄她们的老师。
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久,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,原来只是光线引起的错觉。
4 a dirty/rotten/mean trick UNFAIRan 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 spokenSOLVE/DEAL WITH A PROBLEM if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result 奏效,达到预期效果 A bit more flour should do the trick. 再加一点面粉应该就可以了。
do the trick• Luckily the second dose, a minor variant of the first, did the trick.• Should you have any difficulty, a word with your Club rep will normally do the trick.• A doctored ball should do the trick for both at the same time.• It certainly seemed to do the trick.• The second surgery on my knee seemed to do the trick.• That seemed to do the trick, or at least he thought so.• In Tucson, January golf tournaments do the trick.• Often a little give from one side will do the trick.• Something less than a precision guided missile would do the trick. 6 magic 魔术DG 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,叔叔总是用纸牌变戏法给我看。
→4 See picture of 见图 trick 7 clever method 巧妙办法SUCCEED IN DOING something 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) 谙熟行业门道的推销员
8. use/try every trick in the book TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto 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use/try every trick in the book• I tried every trick in the book to reform him.• Victoria used every trick in the book to undermine Patsy in order to get the new job colleagues knew Patsy had earned. 9 teach/show somebody a trick or two informalINTELLIGENT used to say that someone knows more than someone else or can do something better than them 比某人知道得多[高明] Experienced teachers can show new teachers a trick or two. 有经验的老师总有几招可以教教新老师。
10. somebody is up to their (old) tricks informalDISHONEST to be doing the same dishonest things that you have often done before 某人在故伎重施 11 DGCcards 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. 他轻松地赢了头三圈牌。
12 HABIT 习惯have a trick of doing something USUALLY British EnglishBrE to have a habit of using a particular expression or of moving your face or body in a particular way 有做某事的习惯〔指经常有某种表情或某种动作〕 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。
have a trick of doing something• But the agents have tricks of their own. 13 never miss a trick spokenKNOW something to always know exactly what is happening even if it does not concern you 对所发生的事无所不知[了如指掌] 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?
never miss a trick• The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick, he was dreadfully slow.• But then he never missed a trick.• Mrs. White knew we hadn't studied - she never misses a trick. 14 how’s tricks? old-fashioned spokenHELLO used to greet someone in a friendly way 你好吗?近来如何?〔用于寒暄〕 Hello, Bill! How’s tricks? 你好,比尔!近来怎么样?
how’s tricks?• Hello Bill! How's tricks? 15 sex 性 American EnglishAmE old-fashioned informalSYSEX/HAVE SEX WITH someone who pays a prostitute to have sex 嫖客turn a trick (=to have sex with someone for money) 卖淫
→ confidence trick, → dirty trick at dirty1(6), → you can’t teach an old dog new tricks at teach(7), → hat trick