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decoy

/ˈdiːkɔɪ/

/ˈdiˌkɔɪ/

Traductions

decoynoun

decoys

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/ˈdiˌkɔɪ/

приманка

The hunter used a decoy to attract the ducks.

Охотник использовал приманку, чтобы привлечь уток.

ловушка

The spy set up a decoy to mislead the enemy.

Шпион устроил ловушку, чтобы ввести врага в заблуждение.

Traductions supplémentaires

Synonymes

decoy bird

decoyverb

decoyed

Past Simple

decoyed

Past Participle

decoying

Gerund

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заманивать

The hunter used a whistle to decoy the ducks.

Охотник использовал свисток, чтобы заманивать уток.

Synonymes

decoyadjective

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Used attributively to describe something that serves as a lure or distraction (e.g. “decoy missile”).

Définitions

decoynoun

A person or thing used to mislead or lure someone into a trap or to divert attention from something else.

The police used a decoy to catch the thief in the act.

An artificial bird or other animal used by hunters to attract live game.

The hunter set up several duck decoys on the pond to attract real ducks.

A pond, enclosure, or channel equipped with nets or funnels for trapping wildfowl.

The estate still maintains a nineteenth-century duck decoy at the edge of the marsh.

decoyverb

To lure or entice someone or something away from an intended course, typically by using a distraction or bait.

The hunter used a whistle to decoy the ducks into the open.

decoyadjective

Serving or intended to lure, mislead, or distract.

The aircraft released a decoy flare to confuse the heat-seeking missile.