trick/trɪk/

n C

1. 计谋；欺诈；策略

• get money by a trick 诈骗钱财

• Her tears were just a trick to deceive others. 她的眼泪只是欺骗别人的诡计。

2. 恶作剧；捉弄

• Our children used to play tricks on us. 我们的小孩以前常常捉弄我们。

3. 诀窍；招数

• I haven't got the trick of driving this car yet. 我还不晓得开这部车的窍门。

• Perseverance is the trick in becoming successful. 锲而不舍是成功的诀窍。

4. 妙技；把戏；魔术

• card tricks 扑克牌魔术

• My dog has learned some tricks. 我的狗学会了若干把戏。

5. 幻影；幻觉；错觉

• a trick of the senses 错觉

• tricks of the memory 模糊的记忆

6. (桥牌的)一圈；一墩牌

• win a trick 赢一墩牌

7. 习惯；怪癖

• He has the trick of scratching his head. 他有搔头的怪癖。

• My car has developed a trick of stalling on steep hills. 我的汽车出了这么一个毛病，一上山坡就熄火。

词组a trick of the trade

1. 做生意的花招

2. 成功的诀窍

be up to (one's) tricks 非正式

1. 调皮捣蛋

• The boy is up to his tricks the minute his teacher's back turns. 老师一转身，这小男孩就在背后调皮捣蛋。

2. 耍花招

• He's up to his old tricks again - he'd been getting money from people by pretending to be blind. 他又耍弄惯用伎俩了——装瞎骗钱。

be up to sb.'s tricks 识破某人的把戏 do the trick 口 有效

• I took two pills but even that wouldn't do the trick. 我吃了两片药，但尽管这样也还是不管用。

never (或not) miss a trick 口

1. 不失时机地利用

• She never misses a trick when it comes to cutting costs. 她总是不失时机地利用任何一个能降低成本的有利条件

2. 无所不知