English-Thai Dictionary

decoy

N คนที่ ล่อลวง ผู้อื่น ให้ ตกอยู่ในอันตราย หรือ ติดกับดัก  นกต่อ  allurement bait enticement inducement kon-ti-lor-luang-phu-uen-hai-tok-yu-nai-an-ta-rai-rue-tid-kab-dak

 

decoy

N สิ่ง ล่อ  เป้า หลอก  เหยื่อ  นกต่อ  allurement bait enticement inducement sing-lor

 

decoy

VI เป็น เหยื่อ ล่อ  เป็น สิ่ง ล่อ  เป็น นกต่อ  เป็น เครื่องล่อ  deceive pen-yuea-lor

 

decoy

VT ล่อลวง  ต่อ  ดัก  ล่อ  เป็น นกต่อ  allure bait entice lure attract by deceptive means entrap deceive lor-luang

 

decoyer

N ผู้ ล่อลวง  poo-lor-luang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECOY

n. 1. Any thing intended to lead into a snare; any lure or allurement that deceives and misleads into evil, danger or the power of an enemy.
2. A place for catching wild fowls.

 

DECOY-DUCK

n.A duck employed to draw others into a net or situation to be taken.

 

DECOYED

pp. Lured or drawn into a snare or net; allured into danger by deception.

 

DECOYING

ppr. Luring into a snare or net by deception; leading into evil or danger.

 

DECOY-MAN

n.A man employed in decoying and catching fowls.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECOY

De *coy ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decoying. ]Etym: [Pref. de- + coy; orig. , to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See Coy. ]

 

Defn: To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. Thomson.E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.

 

Syn. -- To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See Allure.

 

DECOY

DECOY De *coy ", n.

 

1. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.

 

2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.

 

3. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.

 

4. A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.

 

DECOY-DUCK

DECOY-DUCK De *coy "-duck `, n.

 

Defn: A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger. Beau. & Fl.

 

DECOYER

DECOYER De *coy "er, n.

 

Defn: One who decoys another.

 

DECOY-MAN

De *coy "-man `, n.; pl. Decoy-men (.

 

Defn: A man employed in decoying wild fowl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

decoy

de coy ▶noun |ˈdēˌkoi ˈdiˌkɔɪ | 1 a bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals: [ as modifier ] : a decoy duck. • a person or thing used to mislead or lure an animal or person into a trap. • 2 a pond from which narrow netted channels lead, into which wild ducks may be enticed for capture. ▶verb |diˈkoi dəˈkɔɪ | [ with obj. ] lure or entice (a person or animal ) away from an intended course, typically into a trap: they would try to decoy the enemy toward the hidden group. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (earlier as coy ): from Dutch de kooi ‘the decoy, ’ from Middle Dutch de kouw ‘the cage, ’ from Latin cavea ‘cage. ’ Sense 2 of the noun is from the practice of using tamed ducks to lead wild ones along channels into captivity.

 

Oxford Dictionary

decoy

decoy ▶noun |ˈdiːkɔɪ, dɪˈkɔɪ | 1 a bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals: [ as modifier ] : a decoy duck. • a person or thing used to mislead or lure someone into a trap. 2 a pond from which narrow netted channels lead, into which wild duck may be enticed for capture. ▶verb |dɪˈkɔɪ, ˈdiːkɔɪ | [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] lure or entice (a person or animal ) away from their intended course, typically into a trap: they would try to decoy the enemy towards the hidden group. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (earlier as coy ): from Dutch de kooi ‘the decoy ’, from Middle Dutch de kouw ‘the cage ’, from Latin cavea ‘cage ’. Sense 2 of the noun is from the practice of using tamed ducks to lead wild ones along channels into captivity.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

decoy

decoy noun a decoy to distract their attention: lure, bait, red herring; enticement, inducement, temptation, attraction, carrot; snare, trap. ▶verb he was decoyed to the mainland: lure, entice, allure, tempt; entrap, snare, trap.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

decoy

decoy noun |(stress on the first syllable ) |we need a decoy to distract their attention: lure, bait, red herring; enticement, inducement, temptation, attraction, allurement, draw, carrot, ensnarement, entrapment; snare, trap, pitfall, ambush. ▶verb |(stress on the second syllable ) |he was decoyed to the mainland by his enemies: lure, entice, induce, inveigle, ensnare; tempt, seduce; entrap, snare, trap.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

decoy

de coy /díːkɔɪ /名詞 複 ～s C 1 (人をおびき寄せるための )おとり (の人 [物 ]); 〖形容詞的に 〗おとりの .2 (カモ猟用の模型の )おとり ; (野鳥をおびき寄せるための )おとり池 .動詞 /dɪkɔ́ɪ /～s ; ～ed ; ～ing 他動詞 «…から /…へ » 〈人 動物 鳥など 〉をおびき寄せる, 誘惑する, おとりにかける «out of , from /into » .自動詞 誘いに乗る .