单词	decoy
释义	decoyde‧coy /ˈdiːkɔɪ/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdecoy Origin: 1500-1600 Dutch de cooi ‘the cage’ (= structure of bars for keeping animals in) Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Officer Jane Langlois acted as a decoy to catch the rapist. The burglars started the fire as a decoy so that they could escape from police. You act as a decoy and we'll sneak out the back. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS During those tests kill vehicles would have to find their targets among an array of decoys and countermeasures. Elmer and Mr Nordberg haul in the decoys and Bob and Cully climb out. He knew it was a decoy, but could find no other. It was a decoy to hide the fact that they were also killing members of the political opposition. It was an irresistible lure, like the quack of a decoy duck. On the drive down, he had given some thought to using her as a decoy. They use them as a decoy for surface to air missiles and they will do that during training. Two will be described here: pillow mounds and former rabbit warrens, and decoys for taking wildfowl. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora trick► trick a clever plan designed to make someone believe something that you want them to believe, or do something that you want them to do: · He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him.· Don't send her any money - it might be a trick.a trick question (=a question that is cleverly designed to make someone give a wrong answer): · He refused to answer, suspecting they were asking him a trick question. ► trap a clever plan designed to harm someone, for example by making them go somewhere where they will be caught or attacked, or making them say something they will be punished for: · I didn't take the money with me, because I was worried it might be a trap.· Sensing the lawyer's trap, Horvath refused to answer. ► deception especially written something that is said or done with the deliberate intention of deceiving people: · Ann quickly saw through his lies and deceptions.· What began as a misunderstanding quickly became a deliberate deception on the part of the network. ► ruse a trick, especially one that is amusing and not very serious: · It was just a ruse to get what I wanted!· She asked to use the telephone as a ruse to enter the house. ► hoax a false warning about something dangerous, given especially to someone in an official position, for example the police: · To everybody's great relief, the bomb scare turned out to be a hoax.· I got an email about another computer virus, but I'm pretty sure it's just a hoax. ► congame/con informal a trick to get someone's money or make someone do something: · The two men were involved in an elaborate con to cheat investors out of their money.· Senior citizens are usually easy targets for con games. ► put-up job when something that happens is not what it seems to be, and is really an attempt to deceive people: · Journalists suspected that the kidnapping was a put-up job.· The demonstration was a put-up job, organized by the authorities so they could arrest the cult leaders. ► scam informal a clever and dishonest plan to get money: · The welfare scam was costing the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars.· The offer of a "free" vacation to Florida sounds like a scam to me. ► diversion a trick that is intended to take someone's attention away from what someone else is trying to do: · Some of the prisoners started a fight as a diversion to give the others time to escape.create a diversion: · Rioters created a diversion by setting fire to vehicles close to the police station. ► decoy a person or thing that is used to trick someone by taking their attention away from an illegal or criminal act: · 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. 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