jiggery-pokery

单词音标

jiggery-pokery音标['dʒigәri'pәukәri]

汉语翻译

n. 欺诈, 欺骗

英语解释

名词 jiggery-pokery:

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

同义词：trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery

例句

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]