1.〈俚〉哄骗,戏弄
1.(变戏法人转移观众注意力的)咒语[手法]
2.转移注意力的言语[行动]
3.欺骗
1.an activity or a belief that you think has no value and is intended to trick people
1.what silly hocus - pocus ! as if his little conceited consciousness could know what was happening as slowly as all that.
仿佛他可怜的小小的知觉能知道在那么悠久缓慢的时间里会有什么发生似的！
2.He had great respect for education, but he believed it was some kind of hocus-pocus that enabled a man to live without work.
他对文化教育怀有很大的敬意，不过他认为这只不过是使人不劳动能混饭吃的一种花招。
3."Alright, little boy, " the medium said, and made a few hocus-pocus passes.
“好吧——少有的孩子——”——灵媒说——并且依介一些催眠术。
4.There was the Magical Soul-Mate Finder who prescribed keeping a journal, long hikes, candle-lighted bubble baths and other hocus-pocus.
《寻找灵魂伴侣的魔法》说，写日记，去远足，享受烛光泡泡浴，其他等等戏法。
5.It is just as likely that he was a charlatan peddling hocus-pocus.
他过去恰恰很可能是个挨家挨户行骗的江湖医生。
6.In a movie all a witch has to do is to speak some words like hocus pocus and the curse starts working.
在电影中，每个女巫必需说一些像女巫也疯狂中一样的词语，之后诅咒就生效了。
7.But besides the carnival and hocus-pocus, this book also considers deeper questions about life and fate.
但是除了有狂欢和哄骗，这本书也深入思考了关于人生与命运的问题。
8.Werner: Ah! ! ! Ancient hocus pocus. Forget this nonsense and come over here!
啊！！！古老的骗术。忘了这些垃圾，到这边来！
9.Hocus Pocus. Magic wands. And magic spells. Let's fly away to fairyland.
魔杖。魔力咒语。让我们飞向仙境。
10.We, of course, live in a scientific age, and modern research pierces hocus-pocus.
当然，我们身处于科学时代，现代的科学研究可识破鬼神之说。