单词 | ploy |
释义 | ploy /ploy/, n. 1. a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage. v.t. 2. Mil. Archaic. to move (troops) from a line into a column. Cf. deploy. v.i. 3. Mil. Archaic. to move from a line into a column. [1475-85; earlier ploye to bend < MF ployer (F plier) < L plicare to fold, PLY2; see DEPLOY] Syn. 1. tactic, ruse, subterfuge, wile, gambit. |
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