stalking-horse英语解释
名词 stalking-horse:
- a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate
- something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
同义词:pretext
- screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game