| 单词 | red herring |
| 释义 | red herring (once / 13633 pages) 1n 2n 3n A red herring in crime fiction is the conspicuous clue or suspicious character simply there to mislead you from working out the real villain. Butlers are usually red herrings. The sense of red herring as something deliberately distracting actually comes from the literal sense of red herring — as in the fish — which when smoked turns red. Such red herrings (also known as kippers,) were used to create trails for hounds when teaching them how to follow a trail of scent. WORD FAMILYred herring: red herrings USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s a transitional, fragmented episode built around narrative red herrings,” Mike Hale wrote in The New York Times. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) It’s a transitional, fragmented episode built around narrative red herrings. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) And while we reeled in that red herring, Russia phished the voting public. Slate(Dec 13, 2016) 1 n any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue 2Hyper deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) n a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color 3Syn|Hyper smoked herring herring valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled n a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus Syn|Hyper preliminary prospectus course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。