名詞 · 1
词源
源自 straw + man。
1986年版 Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 多處顯示，本詞用作無形之物的比喻義可追溯到1585-95年。
1897年版 Universal Dictionary of the English Language 第4卷第4485頁將“man of straw”解釋為“The figure of a man formed of an old suit of clothes stuffed with straw; hence, the mere resemblance of a man; one of no substance or means; an imaginary person.”（用塞满稻草的旧衣服做成的人形；因此可表示：仅仅是与人相似；没有任何实质或手段；一个想象出来的人。）
對比西弗里斯蘭語 strieman、荷蘭語 strooman、stroman、德語 Strohmann、丹麥語 stråmand、瑞典語 stråman、挪威語 stråmann。
释义
稻草人 （一種用來防止鳥類擾亂農作物的設備）
不重要的人，沒有作用的人
figuratively稻草人論證，稻草人謬誤 （一種歪曲對手言論的辯論手段）
figurativelyThis Euler inequality recurs as either the cornerstone or the straw man in many theories contained in this book.
2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 4:
稻草人提案
figurativelya tentative straw-man spec
暫定的稻草人規範
straw buyer之同義詞
straw buyer 的词形 form-of
form-ofIf a broker or a salesperson attempts to use a straw man to purchase property for which he or she has a listing, the real estate person must specifically disclose in writing to the seller this relationship with the buyer.
2000, John W. Reilly, The Language of Real Estate, page 381:
词形与写法（2）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|
| strawman | alternative | |
| straw men | plural | |
反义词（1）
steelman
動詞 · 2
词源
源自 straw + man。
1986年版 Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 多處顯示，本詞用作無形之物的比喻義可追溯到1585-95年。
1897年版 Universal Dictionary of the English Language 第4卷第4485頁將“man of straw”解釋為“The figure of a man formed of an old suit of clothes stuffed with straw; hence, the mere resemblance of a man; one of no substance or means; an imaginary person.”（用塞满稻草的旧衣服做成的人形；因此可表示：仅仅是与人相似；没有任何实质或手段；一个想象出来的人。）
對比西弗里斯蘭語 strieman、荷蘭語 strooman、stroman、德語 Strohmann、丹麥語 stråmand、瑞典語 stråman、挪威語 stråmann。
释义
使用稻草人論證
Person A: "Cats have claws."
Person B: "Not all cats have claws: some are declawed."
Person A: "Don't straw man me; I never said all."
甲：“猫有爪子。”
乙：“不是所有的猫都有爪子：有些猫没有爪子。”
甲：“别拿我当稻草人，我从没说过“所有”。”
I have also argued that he is guilty of straw manning Copi and that his charge of shoddy reasoning against Kahane makes use of an equivocation on the concept of fallacy.
1996 [Vale Press], Ralph H. Johnson, The Rise of Informal Logic, Windsor Studies in Argumentation, 2014, E-edition, page 178,
¹¹ It should, however, also be noted that in certain cases later "neo-corporatist authors" straw manned the pluralist model, making it easier to criticise (Nedelmann and Meier, 1979: 94).
2016, Stijn Smismans, “5: Regulatory Procedure and Participation in the European Union”, in Francesca Bignami, David Zaring, editors, Comparative Law and Regulation, Edward Elgar Publishing, page 133:
My point does not concern the principle of charity or whether Hickman has straw manned postmodernism.
2021, John T. Lysaker, Philosophy, Writing, and the Character of Thought, University of Chicago Press, page 39:
词形与写法（4）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|
| strawman | alternative | |
| straw mans | third-person · singular · present | |
| straw manning | present · participle | |
| straw manned | past · participle · 簡單過去時 | |
同类词（1）
steelman