Decoy

decoy







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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    引誘(鳥、獸等);誘騙[(+into)]

                      He had been decoyed across the frontier and arrested as a spy.

                      他被誘騙越境,然後被當作間諜逮捕。



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    被誘



n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    (誘捕鳥獸用的)假鳥,假獸;誘餌動物

          2.    用作誘餌的人;誘惑者

                      a police decoy

                      替警方作誘餌的人

          3.    誘餌;誘惑物

          4.    誘捕處





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



decoy (n., v.)   

 

Stress on the first syllable is more frequent in the noun (DEE-koy), 

on the second in the verb (dee-KOY), 

but each part of speech also has the other stress pattern as a divided usage. 





see coy charlatan patsy



年輕人成為手提袋男對付警察的 decoy