decoys

英 [dɪˈkɔɪz]

美 [dɪˈkɔɪz]

n.  (诱捕鸟兽的)动物，假兽，假鸟; 诱饵; 诱惑物; 用作诱饵的人; 托儿
v.  诱捕
decoy的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 诱饵;诱惑物;用作诱饵的人
  If you refer to something or someone as adecoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
  1. Nick acted as a decoy after the dog attacked a group of children swimming in the river.
     那只狗攻击了在河里游泳的一群孩子后，尼克作诱饵要将其捉住。
  2. He was booked on a flight leaving that day, but that was just a decoy.
     他订了那天起飞的航班，但那不过是个诱饵。
• (用于吸引野鸟的)假鸟
  Adecoyis a model of a bird that is used to attract wild birds towards it so that people can study them or shoot them.

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