lure
英 [l(j)ʊə]
美 [lʊr]
- n. 誘惑；餌；誘惑物
- vt. 誘惑；引誘
- n. (Lure)人名；(英)盧爾
助記提示
1. 諧音“六餌” => 用六個誘餌來誘惑你、引誘你。
2. 音譯“誘餌”，就像 humor 的音譯“幽默”一樣取的是首字母去掉後的發音。
中文詞源
lure 誘餌，引誘，魅力來自Proto-Germanic*lothran,呼叫，召喚，原義為召喚獵鷹的餌食，引申詞義誘餌，引誘，魅力等，詞源同allure.
英文詞源
- lure (n.)
- early 14c., "something which allures or entices, an attraction" (a figurative use), also "bait for recalling hawks," from Anglo-French lure, Old French loirre "device used to recall hawks, lure," from Frankish *loþr or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *lothran "to call" (cognates: Middle High German luoder, Middle Low German loder "lure, bait," German Luder "lure, deceit, bait;" also Old English laþian "to call, invite," German laden).
Originally a bunch of feathers on a long cord, from which the hawk is fed during its training. Used of means of alluring other animals (especially fish) from c. 1700. Technically, bait is something the animal can eat; lure is a more general term. Also in 15c. a collective word for a group of young women. - lure (v.)
- late 14c., of hawks, also of persons, from lure (n.). Related: Lured; luring.
雙語例句
- 1. The lure of rural life is proving as strong as ever.
- 事實證明，鄉村生活的魅力絲毫未減。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The company aims to lure smokers back to cigarettes.
- 該公司旨在把吸煙人士誘回到香煙上來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the lure of filthy lucre
- 不義之財的誘惑
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Her winning ways were always enough to lure any man on.
- 她那迷人的舉止足以使所有的男人為之神魂顛倒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Cheese is really a good lure for mice.
- 奶酪是很好的引誘老鼠的誘餌.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》