decoy
nomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈdiːkɔɪ//
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
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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.
Étymologie
From Dutch de + kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).
verbe
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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.
Formes
- pluriel
- decoys
- passé
- decoyed
- participe passé
- decoyed
- participe présent
- decoying
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- decoys
decoy · A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
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