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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hood·wink /ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk/
 (vt.)遮眼,矇蔽,欺騙

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hood·wink v. t.
 1. To blind by covering the eyes.
    We will blind and hoodwink him.   --Shak.
 2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.]
 3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. Hoodwinked with kindness.”
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hoodwink
      v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile]
      2: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately
         feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He
         bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the
         subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, pull the wool
         over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false]