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单词 decoy
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decoy

verb
/dɪˈkɔɪ/
/dɪˈkɔɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they decoy
/dɪˈkɔɪ/
/dɪˈkɔɪ/
he / she / it decoys
/dɪˈkɔɪz/
/dɪˈkɔɪz/
past simple decoyed
/dɪˈkɔɪd/
/dɪˈkɔɪd/
past participle decoyed
/dɪˈkɔɪd/
/dɪˈkɔɪd/
-ing form decoying
/dɪˈkɔɪɪŋ/
/dɪˈkɔɪɪŋ/
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  1. decoy somebody/something to trick somebody/something into doing what you want them to do, going where you want them to go, etc.

decoy

noun
/ˈdiːkɔɪ/
/ˈdiːkɔɪ/
[countable]
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  1. an animal or a bird, or a model of one, that attracts other animals or birds, especially so that they can be shot by people who are hunting them
  2. a thing or a person that is used to trick somebody into doing what you want them to do, going where you want them to go, etc.
    • They were smuggled out of the building in a police decoy operation.
    • We need someone to act as a decoy to distract their attention.
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier as coy): from Dutch de kooi ‘the decoy’, from Middle Dutch de kouw ‘the cage’, from Latin cavea ‘cage’.
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