参考词典中straw man的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 假想的对手,被当作挡箭牌的人
参考例句
- A drowning man will catch at a straw.
病急乱投医。 - A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
将溺死之人连一根草也要去抓。
- A drowning man will catch at a straw.
英英解释
3个名词解释
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
[同] figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman - a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
[同] straw man, strawman
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- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
[同] bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man, strawman
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