单词 | decoy |
释义 | Word Frequency decoynoun (ˈdiːkɔɪ, dɪˈkɔɪ) 1. a person or thing used to beguile or lead someone into danger; lure 2. military something designed to deceive an enemy or divert his or her attention 3. a bird or animal, or an image of one, used to lure game into a trap or within shooting range 4. an enclosed space or large trap, often with a wide funnelled entrance, into which game can be lured for capture 5. Canadian another word for deke (sense 1) verb (dɪˈkɔɪ) 6. to lure or be lured by or as if by means of a decoy 7. (transitive) Canadian another word for deke (sense 2) Derived forms decoyer (deˈcoyer) noun Word origin C17: probably from Dutch de kooi, literally: the cage, from Latin cavea cage |
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