decoy

verb

/dɪˈkɔɪ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they decoy	/dɪˈkɔɪ/ /dɪˈkɔɪ/
he / she / it decoys	/dɪˈkɔɪz/ /dɪˈkɔɪz/
past simple decoyed	/dɪˈkɔɪd/ /dɪˈkɔɪd/
past participle decoyed	/dɪˈkɔɪd/ /dɪˈkɔɪd/
-ing form decoying	/dɪˈkɔɪɪŋ/ /dɪˈkɔɪɪŋ/

decoy somebody/something to trick somebody/something 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

noun

/ˈdiːkɔɪ/

[countable]

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。

词源mid 16th cent. (earlier as coy): from Dutch de kooi ‘the decoy’, from Middle Dutch de kouw ‘the cage’, from Latin cavea ‘cage’.