| 单词 | red herring |
| 释义 | red herringWord forms: plural red herrings countable noun If you say that something is a red herring, you mean that it is not important and it takes your attention away from the main subject or problem you are considering. As Dr Smith left he said that the inquiry was something of a red herring. red herring in British Englishnoun 1. anything that diverts attention from a topic or line of inquiry 2. a herring cured by salting and smoking red herring in American English1. a smoked herring 2. something used to divert attention from the basic issue from the practice of drawing a herring across the trace in hunting, to distract thehounds3. Finance; Informal a preliminary prospectus, subject to amendment, for an issue of securities from the notice printed on the front in red ink Examples of 'red herring' in a sentence |
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