| 单词 | decoy |
| 释义 | decoy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishOther sportsdecoyde‧coy /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ noun [countable]1 TRICK/DECEIVEsomeone or something that is used to trick someone into going somewhere or doing something, so that you can catch them, attack them etcOfficer Langley acted as a decoy to catch the rapist.2 DSOa model of a bird used to attract wild birds so that you can watch them or shoot them —decoy /dɪˈkɔɪ/ verb [transitive]Examples from the Corpusdecoy• You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the back.• The burglars started the fire as a decoy so that they could escape from police.• On the drive down, he had given some thought to using her as a decoy.• It was an irresistible lure, like the quack of a decoy duck.• He knew it was a decoy, but could find no other.• Two will be described here: pillow mounds and former rabbit warrens, and decoys for taking wildfowl.• Elmer and Mr Nordberg haul in the decoys and Bob and Cully climb out.Origin decoy (1500-1600) Dutch de cooi “the cage” (= structure of bars for keeping animals in) |
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