| 单词 | lure |
| 释义 | lure (once / 535 pages) vn To lure is to entice or bait someone. A lure is used to bait or entice fish to attach themselves to your hook. "He had a new shiny lure, which was enough to lure me into going on the fishing trip." The verb lure is related to words that mean “bait,” “deceit,” and “invite.” Often, when lure is used, there is a nefarious implication, as in: “He was able to lure her into the alley, but her friends soon came looking for her.” The noun lure is the thing that draws in the person or animal, which can be either a physical object or a concept. "The lure of his great wealth kept her in the relationship despite his infidelity." WORD FAMILYlure: lured, lures, luring USAGE EXAMPLESJust a year ago, the militants were luring foreign fighters with promises of generous paychecks, but today “that is not happening,” he said. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) It was quite feasible for Yusupov to lure Rasputin by promising a meeting with allies of the empress. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) In Davao City, he helped lure investors, dramatically cut red tape and fired inept officials. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) 1v provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion He lured me into temptation Syn|Hypo|Hyper entice, tempt hook, snare entice and trap seducelure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct calllure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal stoollure with a stool, as of wild fowl lead onentice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken tweedleentice through the use of music decoylure or entrap with or as if with a decoy baitlure, entice, or entrap with bait provoke, stimulate provide the needed stimulus for 2n anything that serves as an enticement Syn|Hyper bait, come-on, hook, sweetener enticement, temptation something that seduces or has the quality to seduce 3n qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward Syn|Hyper come-on, enticement attraction, attractiveness the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts 4n something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed Syn|Hypo|Hyper bait, decoy chum bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish fish lure, fisherman's lure(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers ground baitbait scattered on the water to attract fish stool pigeona dummy pigeon used to decoy others flyfisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect jiga fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water spinnerfisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water trolla fisherman's lure that is used in trolling device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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