n (1)诡计，计谋，圈套(sth which is done，said in order to cheat or deceive sb and sometimes to frighten them or make them appear stupid)[C]：need a～to get sb to leave the room/get past the guards/get the money/draw customers 需要用计谋让某人离开房间/蒙骗过守卫/得到钱/吸引顾客;the old～老一套伎俩;play a～on sb 捉弄某人;fool sb with a～用花招骗某人;get sth by a～用花招得到某物;play～s 恶作剧;Dishonest businessmen sometimes use～s. 不诚实的商人有时会采用欺诈手段。 a～of the light/heat (in the desert) (fig) 灯光/(沙漠中的)灼热引起的幻觉;a～question 引人上当的问题;be up to one's (old)～s 耍(老一套)花招;have a～up one's sleeve 暗中已有主意(计划);〖同〗deceit;〖反〗honesty，truth，sincerity;

(2)把戏，戏法(impressive entertainment requir-ing a special skill，talent or technique)[C]：a new～新戏法;show (perform) some card/amazing/clever～s 表演一些纸牌戏法/令人叫绝的魔术/巧妙的魔术;do～s 做一些小把戏;magic～s 魔术;conjuring/juggling～s 变戏法/玩杂耍;a～spoon/box 魔术汤匙/盒子;

(3)诀窍，专门技巧(way of doing a particular job)[C]：a rhetorical～修辞技巧;get (master) the～of driving a car/putting sb at ease/making friends 得到(掌握)驾车/让某人不拘束/交朋友的诀窍;master the～s of perspective 掌握透视法;the～s of the trade 精明的办事方法;商业技巧;～riding 特技骑术;

(4)特有的习惯(性)，固习(certain habit or mannerism)[C]：(sb) have a～of scratching his nose/pulling his left ear when he is angry/thinking over a problem(某人)生气/思考问题时，有经常抓鼻子/拽左耳朵的毛病;

(5)一圈(墩)牌(all the cards played in a single round)[C]：take/win/lose a～赢/赢/输了一圈牌;win five～s 赢了五圈牌;

do the trick 有效，起作用：I had a very bad headache but I feel better now—that aspirin did the～. 我刚才头很痛，但现在感觉好多了，是阿斯匹林起作用了。

vt(1)欺骗(deceive or cheat)[T+n，T+n+prep]：He didn't believe you had the courage to～him. 他不相信你会有胆量骗他。He didn't know he had been～ed. 他不知道自己被骗了。〖同〗deceive，cheat;

(2) 1)诱(骗)使(persuade sb into (action or doing sth) by deceit)[T+n+prep (into)]：be～ed into marriage/an admission of guilt(某人)被骗结婚/承认犯罪;～sb into marrying an idiot/taking the medicine/believing sth 骗某人与一个白痴结婚/吃药/相信某事;〖同〗deceive，cheat，take in，trap; 2)骗取(走)(cause sb to lose sth by deceit)[T+n+prep (out of)]：～sb out of his share/his money/his paycheck 骗取某人的股份/钱/薪金支票;

trick sb/sth out/up(in/with sth)装饰(潢)，打扮：～one's daughter out in all her finery 用所有华丽的服饰打扮自己的女儿;wear a floppy hat～ed out with a yellow ribbon 戴一顶有黄色带子装饰的软帽;

→′trickery n 欺骗(诈);诡计;′trickily adv 欺骗地，狡猾地，复杂地;′tricky adj 欺骗的，狡猾的，复杂的;′trickiness n 欺骗，圈套;′trickster n 骗子;

【辨异】trick 与cheat和deceive的区别见CHEAT。