trickster

英 [ˈtrɪkstə(r)]

美 [ˈtrɪkstər]

n.  骗子

复数：tricksters　

法律

BNC.23455 / COCA.17721

牛津词典

noun

• 骗子
  a person who tricks or cheats people

柯林斯词典

• 骗子;(常指)诈骗钱财的人
  Atricksteris a person who deceives or cheats people, often in order to get money from them.

英英释义

noun

• a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people
• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  Synonym:deceivercheatcheaterbeguilerslicker
• someone who plays practical jokes on others
  Synonym:prankstercut-uptrickerhoaxerpractical joker

双语例句

• Moreover, trickster legends help reinforce social rules and maintain social order.
  骗子故事还有助于强化社会规则，维持社会秩序。
• Usually a trickster's life is pathetic.
  通常一个骗子的一生都是很可怜的。
• They're easy prey for every sharp-witted merchant and trickster.
  他们很容易被精灵的商人或骗子欺骗的。
• Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim," April Fool!" Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fool's Day.
  以后，他们在这天互相愚弄，日久天长便成为法国流行的一种风俗。
• Examine how one of these authors uses the trickster to develop conflicts, challenge social order, or create comedy.
  细察一位作家是如何利用骗子引起矛盾冲突，挑战社会秩序或造成喜剧。
• Zomo the Rabbit, an African trickster, sets out to gain wisdom.
  兔子佐莫是一个非洲的骗子，企图得到智慧。
• Fizz, the Tidal Trickster, is a perfect example of this.
  潮汐海灵·沸嘶，就是一个很好的例子。
• The archetypes such as scapegoat, trickster as well as terrible and good mother have their show in this play.
  替罪羊原型，小丑原型以及坏妈妈，好妈妈原型在此剧中均有展现。
• The trickster narrator adopts different narrative strategies to vary the distance between her voice and the voice of the protagonist, thus to express a complicated attitude towards the protagonist and to deliver insightful comments on the issue in question.
  而书中长袖善舞的叙述者则采用多种不同的叙事手段来改变自己的声音和主人公的声音的距离，从而表达对主人公的复杂的态度和对涉及的事情的独到见解。
• The slyest trickster of our time.
  当代最狡猾的骗子。