bait
n. 诱饵
v. 下诱饵; 激怒
Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it.
He baited his hook with pie...
他在鱼钩上装了点馅饼作钓饵。
The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey.
男孩们挖了坑,埋了饵,这样他们就可以刺杀猎物了。
To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something.
Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure motorists into the restaurants and other facilities...
加油站以汽油为诱饵,吸引开车的人用餐以及使用其他设施。
Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.
从根本上说,电视节目就是吸引观众看广告的诱饵。
If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them.
He delighted in baiting his mother.
他喜欢逗母亲生气。
If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.
When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't take the bait...
如果她试图让你觉得内疚,不要上当。
Their behaviour may seem insulting, but it's important not to rise to the bait and get cross.
他们的行为看起来可能很无礼,但千万不要上当生气。
1. anything that serves as an enticement
2. something used to lure victims into danger
1. harass with persistent criticism or carping;
2. lure, entice, or entrap with bait
3. attack with dogs or set dogs upon
fish or cut bait
(北美, 非正式)要么全力以赴要么索性放弃
rise to the bait
上钩
But he would disgorge the bait now.
现在他要把嘴里的钩吐出来.
A fish kept nibbling at my bait.
一条鱼不断地在轻轻咬我的鱼饵.
One bait was down forty fathoms.
有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处.
Fishing a bait in front of a submerged tree or bush often produces a good fish.
把诱饵放在水中的树木或树丛前面时经常会钓到大鱼.
He used maggots as live bait.
他用蛆当活诱饵.