| 单词 | stalking-horse |
| 释义 | stalking-horse (once / 49043 pages) n WORD FAMILY stalking-horse USAGE EXAMPLESThe publisher had set the base price for the auction at $90 million as the stalking-horse bidder. Wall Street Journal(Aug 16, 2016) Such an offer is known as a stalking-horse bid, meant to set a floor in a court-supervised auction. New York Times(Jun 10, 2016) The stalking-horse agreement opens the door for other interested parties to make a bid. Reuters(Mar 21, 2016) 1n something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason Syn|Hypo|Hyper pretext putoff a pretext for delay or inaction dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense pretending with intention to deceive 2n a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate Hyper campaigner, candidate, nominee a politician who is running for public office 3n a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game Hyper Equus caballus, horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times 4n screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game Hyper concealment, cover, covert, screen a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something |
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