dupe

来自法语方言，戴胜鸟，拟声词，模仿该鸟的叫声，引申词义傻鸟。比较dodo.

dupe

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.

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。

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。

3. I won't be his dupe any longer.

我再也不受他的骗了.

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.

5. A person who is easily tricked or cheated a dupe.

傻子,呆子容易被玩弄或欺骗的人;容易上当受骗的人.