decoy

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n. 圈套, 诱骗 vt. 诱骗

发音

US
UK /ˈdiːkɔɪ/

词形变化

decoys 复数 decoys decoyed decoying decoys 三单 decoying 现在分词 decoyed 过去式 decoyed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

诱饵；诱骗

动词

诱骗

动词

被诱

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.

    引诱物

    引诱人

    诱饵

  2. 2.

    A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

    囮子

  3. 3.

    Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.

    2002, Robotech: Battlecry – Guide and Walkthrough Just every 5 seconds or so shoot out a decoy near the Cats Eye and the enemies will aim for that instead of the Cats Eye.

  4. 4.

    An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.

v.
  1. 1.

    To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

    及物

    to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net

  2. 2.

    To act as, or use, a decoy.

    不及物

    As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

bait lure steerer

上位词 9

device cheat accomplice cheater confederate trickster deceiver slicker beguiler

下位词 5

chum roper shill groundbait stool pigeon

整体词 1

trap
动词

上位词 3

lure tempt entice

相关短语

decoy effect decoy effects decoy duck decoy ducks duck decoy

词源

From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

来源：wiktionary