chicane

名词 chicane:

1. a bridge hand that is void of trumps
2. a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
3. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
   同义词：trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan

动词 chicane:

1. defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
   同义词：cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, jockey
2. raise trivial objections
   同义词：cavil, carp

chi.cane

v.（动词）
chi.caned,chi.can.ing,chi.canes
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery.
对…施用诡计或玩花招；用圈套
v.tr.（及物动词）
To trick; deceive.
对…施诡计；欺骗
n.（名词）
Chicanery.
诡计，圈套
Games A bridge or whist hand without trumps.
【游戏】 桥牌或惠斯特中没有王牌的一手牌

来源：
French chicaner
法语 chicaner
from Old French [to quibble]
源自 古法语 [含糊其词]

【引伸】
chican.er
n.（名词）