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A honeypot, in the sense you will meet most in ordinary English, is something — often a place — that draws a crowd, the way a pot of honey draws bees. A beach that is a tourist honeypot is packed because people cannot resist it.
A honeypot吸客人潮的事物, in the sense you will meet most in ordinary English照你在一般英語裡最常遇到的意思來說, is something — often a place —是某樣東西——通常是一個地方—— that draws a crowd會吸引大批人潮, the way a pot of honey draws bees就像一罐蜂蜜會吸引蜜蜂一樣。 A beach that is a tourist honeypot一個是觀光熱點的海灘 is packed because people cannot resist it會擠滿人,因為大家都無法抗拒。
The word can be a little sour: the place is so attractive it is overcrowded. That is the living figurative use.
The word can be a little sour這個字可以帶點酸味: the place is so attractive it is overcrowded意思是這地方太吸引人,結果變得太擁擠。 That is the living figurative use這是這個字現在還在用的比喻用法。
Literally, a honeypot is also a pot for honey, but that reading is the plain object, not the interesting one. In computer security, a honeypot is a trap set to attract attackers; that is specialist talk, not everyday speech.
Literally從字面上來說, a honeypot is also a pot for honey honeypot 也可以就是一罐裝蜂蜜的罐子, but that reading is the plain object但這個讀法只是單純的物品, not the interesting one不是有意思的那個意思。 In computer security在電腦資安領域, a honeypot is a trap set to attract attackers honeypot 是設來吸引攻擊者的陷阱; that is specialist talk, not everyday speech這是專業用語,不是日常說法。
An older use for an attractive person is dated, and you need not learn it as current. The picture underneath all of this is the same: sweetness that pulls things in.
An older use for an attractive person較舊的一個用法是指一個有魅力的人 is dated已經過時了, and you need not learn it as current你不需要把它當成現在常用的意思來學。 The picture underneath all of this is the same不管哪一種,底層的畫面都一樣: sweetness that pulls things in甜的東西把大家吸引過來。
原始詞典資料9 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。
honeypotnoun
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A pot of honey.
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datedslangSomething or someone similarly sweet or enticing
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slangSomething or someone similarly sweet or enticing
- "[S]he had the boss eating from her honeypot." Baxter rolled his eyes at the crude term for pussy, but Rodney did have a point.
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espionagegovernmentmilitarySomething or someone similarly sweet or enticing
- And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards.
- Perhaps in order to create his own, more controlled environment for debaucherie, he set up a house of prostitution with Gestapo funds, justifying it as a "honeypot" with which to ensnare unsuspecting foreign diplomats.
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Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
- Wherever the biggest bunch of men were in the room, you could bet Lisa'd be in the middle of them. What a honeypot.
- 'You're turning into a honeypot,' he would say to her: it was a criticism of sins uncommitted, it was jeering as if she were getting above herself, it was a warning, no doubt of that, and there was something else which she could barely fathom, it was hurt at the approaching betrayal, a staving off of loss.
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Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
- Computer experts install honeypots to trick hackers.
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Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing
- Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot.
- ES's original intention was to run beyond Berlin to the tourist honeypots of Dresden and Prague, but a lack of suitable train paths means that won't be possible until March 2024.
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obsoleteA chamber pot.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteA slop bucket.
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。