English Dictionary

lure

/l(j)ʊə/

noun

(also figuratively) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure. / (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.

The lure of adventure drew him to explore the unknown.

意味（1）

(also figuratively) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.

How many have with a smile made small account

How many have with a smile made small account Of Beauty and her lures

意味（2）

(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.

意味（3）

(falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.

My Faulcon now is ſharpe and paſſing emptie, / And til ſhe ſtoope ſhe muſt not be full gorg'd, / For then ſhe never lookes upon her lure.

意味（4）

A velvet smoothing brush.