资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deceptive \De*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]ceptif. See {Deceive}.]
   Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with
   false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.

         Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper
         reality from our eyes.                   --Trench.

   {Deceptive cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or
      in some foreign key, postponing the final close.