decoy

• n. おとり; 誘惑
• vt.誘う
• vi. 誘われる

オランダ語のde kooi「かご」から。つまり、かご、罠のことで、後に鳥や獣を罠にかける偽の獣、偽の鳥を指すようになった。

decoy

decoy: [16] Dutch kooi means ‘cage’ (it comes from Latin cavea ‘cage’, source of English cage). The term came to be applied specifically to a pond which had been surrounded with nets into which wildfowl were lured for capture. English took it over, but brought with it the Dutch definite article de, so that Dutch de kooi ‘the decoy’ became English decoy.
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decoy (n.)

1610s, perhaps from Dutch kooi "cage," used of a pond surrounded by nets, into which wildfowl were lured for capture, from West Germanic *kaiwa, from Latin cavea "cage." The first element is possibly the Dutch definite article de, mistaken in English as part of the word. But decoy, of unknown origin, was the name of a card game popular c. 1550-1650, and this may have influenced the form of the word.

decoy (v.)

1650s, from decoy (n.). Related: Decoyed; decoying.

1. He was booked on a flight leaving that day,but that was just a decoy .

彼はその日出発する便を予約したが、それは餌にすぎなかった。

2.Nick acted as a decoy after the dog attacked a group of children swimming in the river.

その犬は川で泳いでいる子供たちを攻撃した後、ニックは餌として捕まえようとした。

3.The use of Ozawa 's impotent carriers as a decoy force was brilliant.

小沢氏の脆弱な空母を敵艦隊として利用する戦略も巧みだ。

4.These pellets could burst the decoy balloons that would accompany a swarm of warheads.

これらの弾丸は多くの弾頭を伴う偽の目標である風船を破壊することができる。

5.It 's just a decoy ，a facade，so we 'll leave her alone.

それは単なる仮象であり、外見であるため、私たちは彼女を一人にしなければならない。