| 词组 | hocus |
| 释义 | hocus Theme: DECEPTION tr. to falsify something; to adulterate something.Who hocused the check?Somebody has hocused the booze. hocus Ⅰ 1. noun a solution of heroin that has been heated and is ready to inject US, 1967 2. verb to alter legitimate dice for cheating purposes US, 1950 Ⅱ ⇨ hocus pocus; hocus noun cocaine, heroine, morphine or opium; also marijuana. Best remembered as a stage magician's incantation, but claimed to be a mocking corruption of hoc est corpus (this is the body); originally, 1650–1720, 'a juggler/a conjuror'; it was in circulation during C19 and into C20 in the sense of 'criminal deception/shady trickery'; in 1821 as 'to stupefy with alcohol' (for the purposes of robbery) and hence 'hocus' became 'a drugged liquor' from as early as 1725 and well into C19 served as an adjective meaning 'intoxicated'. All these meanings condensed into a catalogue of hard drugs during C20; 'marijuana' joined the list in the 1980s UK, 1938 hocus (someone or something)1. To deceive someone. Refers to "hocus-pocus" and its association with magic and trickery. I bet he's hocusing me with that ridiculous story. 2. To add a drug to something, typically an alcoholic drink. She's acting so strangely that I'm starting to wonder if someone hocused her drink. 3. To cause one to be dazed or disoriented, typically by using drugs. Whatever you gave me earlier totally hocused me—I could hardly get up off the couch! hocus tv. to falsify something; to adulterate something. (Part of hocus-pocus = magic, deception.) Somebody has hocused the booze. |
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