If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, 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.
例句
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。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。
N-COUNT
(用于吸引野鸟的)假鸟
A decoy is a model of a bird that is used to attract wild birds towards it so that people can study them or shoot them.
英汉词典释义
n.
用于引诱某人落入圈套的人或物
The enemy chased the decoys down to the place of ambush.敌人将诱骗者一直追到伏兵所在地。
vt.
用诱饵诱骗(某人或动物)落入圈套
More than ten missiles were decoyed away from targets.十多枚导弹受骗未命中目标。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)