English Dictionary

canard

/kəˈnɑɹd/

noun

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so. / (aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

The article about the politician was a canard.

意味（1）

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

It’s a cinch, now that Spurling has cleared away a century’s worth of misapprehensions and canards.

意味（2）

(aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

意味（3）

(aviation, by extension) A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.

意味（4）

(transport, engineering, by extension) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.