decoy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdiːkɔɪ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
  2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
  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. An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
动词 v.
  1. To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap. transitive
    — to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
  2. To act as, or use, a decoy. intransitive
    — As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.

词形变化

decoys plural decoys present,singular,third-person decoying participle,present decoyed participle,past decoyed past

词汇关系

近义词
body double decoy red herring
衍生词
decoy-duck decoy effect decoyman duck decoy decoyable decoyer deke undecoyed
相关词
correspondent counterpart dependent fake imitate lie substitute red herring

词源

词源 1
From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).
词源 2
From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).
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