- 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(诱捕鸟兽的)动物,假兽,假鸟
- 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.诱饵;诱惑物;用作诱饵的人
- They were smuggled out of the building in a police decoy operation.他们是在警方的诱骗行动中被偷偷带出大楼的。
- We need someone to act as a decoy to distract their attention.我们需要有人充当诱饵来分散他们的注意力。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier as coy): from Dutch de kooi ‘the decoy’, from Middle Dutch de kouw ‘the cage’, from Latin cavea ‘cage’.