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A decoy is something — or sometimes someone — used to trick another person or animal and lead them the wrong way. Hunters use fake plastic ducks called decoys to attract real ducks close enough to shoot. In everyday and business talk, a decoy can be a fake plan, product, or person used to distract attention from the real one — 'they used a cheap decoy phone to distract the thief while the real one stayed hidden.'
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
decoynoun/ˈdiːkɔɪ/
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A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
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A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
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Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
- 2002, Robotech: Battlecry – Guide and Walkthrough Just every 5 seconds or so shoot out a decoy near the Cats Eye and the enemies will aim for that instead of the Cats Eye.
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An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
decoyverb/ˈdiːkɔɪ/
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To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
- to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
- E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
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To act as, or use, a decoy.
- As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。