trick

1、trick 的 tric- 形里有"绕、转"的内核（turn 转动是它的同源）：绕来绕去的东西容易出花样——trick（诡计、窍门）、treachery（背叛）、intricate（错综复杂的）、extricate（从困境中解脱）都绕这个弯。
2、两个短语有画面：do the trick 灵验、管用——不用什么花招，普通东西也能成事；miss a trick 错过机会、不走运，本是牌桌上的说法。
3、"骗"的四级台阶：deceive 用虚假外表使人信以为真；cheat 用蒙蔽手段谋利，多指买卖；trick 用阴谋诡计骗得信任或所需之物；fool 把别人当傻瓜愚弄。读音 /trɪk/ 短元音。

trick 花招，把戏，戏法，窍门

来自古法语 trichier,欺骗，诡计，来自拉丁语 tricari,逃避，回避，来自 tricae,琐碎，胡扯，混 乱，可能来自 PIE*ter,转，卷入，词源同 turn,intricate,extricate.引申词义花招，把戏等。

trick

trick: [15] Trick comes from Old French trique, a variant of triche, which was derived from the verb trichier ‘cheat’ (source of English treachery). And this in turn probably came from Latin trīcarī ‘make difficulties, play tricks’ (source also of English extricate [17] and intricate [15]), a derivative of trīcae ‘difficulties, tricks’, whose origins are unknown. Tricky dates from the 18th century, its use for ‘difficult’ from the end of the 19th century.
=> extricate, intricate, treachery

trick (n.)

early 15c., "a cheat, a mean ruse," from Old North French trique "trick, deceit, treachery, cheating," from trikier "to deceive, to cheat," variant of Old French trichier "to cheat, trick, deceive," of uncertain origin, probably from Vulgar Latin *triccare, from Latin tricari "be evasive, shuffle," from tricæ "trifles, nonsense, a tangle of difficulties," of unknown origin.

Meaning "a roguish prank" is recorded from 1580s; sense of "the art of doing something" is first attested 1610s. Meaning "prostitute's client" is first attested 1915; earlier it was U.S. slang for "a robbery" (1865). To do the trick "accomplish one's purpose" is from 1812; to miss a trick "fail to take advantage of opportunity" is from 1889; from 1872 in reference to playing the card-game of whist, which might be the original literal sense. Trick-or-treat is recorded from 1942. Trick question is from 1907.

trick (v.)

"deceive by trickery," 1590s, from trick (n.). Related: Tricked; tricking. The sense of "to dress, adorn" (c. 1500) is perhaps a different word entirely.

1. I don't think Mr Cavanagh would get far with that trick.

我想卡瓦纳先生的那套把戏玩不了多久。

2. She is the victim of a big con trick.

她是一场大骗局的受害者。

3. Love songs trick us into believing in knights in shining armor.

情歌哄骗我们去相信有勇救美人的英雄。

4. Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.

有时说几句尖酸刻薄的话就有人听了。

5. It's an old trick but it just might work.

这是个老掉牙的把戏了，不过也许会有用。

【deceive, cheat, trick, fool】
这组词都有“欺骗”的意思，其区别是：
deceive: 最普通用词，指用虚假外表使人信以为真，或蓄意歪曲事实，或造成错误印象使人上当受骗。
cheat: 普通用词，指用蒙蔽他人的手段取得所需之物，尤多指在赢利的买卖中欺骗人。
trick: 指用阴谋诡计等骗得信任或得到所需之物。
fool: 指把别人当傻瓜，愚弄欺骗别人。