hoodwink
معنی فارسی
چشم بندي کردن فريب دادن اغفال کردن.
معنی کامل و مثال‌ها
/hood´wiŋk´/vt.
● (در اصل) چشم کسی را بستن
● چشم‌بندی کردن، گول زدن، کلک زدن، فریبکاری کردن
he was hoodwinked by the car's appearance and now he is regretful
او گول ظاهر اتومبیل را خورد و حالا پشیمان است.
she was hoodwinked into buying that old bicycle
با چشم‌بندی دوچرخه‌ی قراضه را به او انداختند.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English, originally in the sense ‘blindfold’, from 'hood' + 'wink' (in the obsolete sense ‘close the eyes').
مثال
- He had been hoodwinked into buying worthless shares.
- Don't be hoodwinked by his charming manner.
- She managed to hoodwink the police and escape.
ترکیب‌های رایج
Hoodwink someone into Hoodwink someone out of
تعریف انگلیسی
- conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well” “Somebody ----s somebody”
- influence by slyness “Somebody ----s somebody” “Somebody ----s (for: juggle)”
مترادف‌ها
verb active
1. Blind, blindfold.
2. Cover, hide, conceal, cloak.
3. Deceive, cheat, delude, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's eyes.