dupe: [17] English borrowed dupe from French, where it was probably originally a humorous application of a dialect word for a ‘hoopoe’, an extravagantly crested bird whose flamboyant appearance seems to have made it the butt of jokes. It presumably represents ultimately an alteration of Old French huppe ‘hoopoe’, sometimes explained as being a conflation of de huppe ‘of the hoopoe’. (English hoopoe [17] is an alteration of an earlier hoop, which came from Old French huppe; its ultimate source was Latin upupa, which originated as an imitation of the bird’s cry.) => hoopoe
dupe (n.)
1680s, from French dupe "deceived person," from Middle French duppe (early 15c.), thieves' jargon, perhaps from phrase de huppe "of the hoopoe," an extravagantly crested and reputedly stupid bird.
dupe (v.)
1704, from dupe (n.). Related: Duped; duping.
双语例句
1. We know some sex offenders dupe the psychologists who assess them.
我们知道有些性犯罪者会愚弄给他们做测评的心理学家。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He becomes an innocent dupe in a political scandal.
他在一起政治丑闻中成了一名无辜的受骗者。
来自辞典例句
3. I won't be his dupe any longer.
我再也不受他的骗了.
来自辞典例句
4. But he was not for a single instant the dupe of her blundering alacrity.
但是他一刻也不会上当去相信她这种冒冒失失的殷勤.
来自辞典例句
5. A person who is easily tricked or cheated a dupe.
