bait

[beit]

n.饵, 引诱
v.以饵引诱, 逗弄, 中途休息

n.[U][S]

1. 饵

The little fish took the bait.

小鱼吞下诱饵。

2. 引诱物, 诱饵, 圈套

He lured her with the bait of a good job.

他以给一份好差使引诱她。

3. 【古】中途休息(或吃东西)

vt.

1. 置饵于[(+with)]

The hunter baited his traps.

猎人在陷阱里下了诱饵。

2. 引诱, 诱惑

He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.

他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。

3. 折磨; 欺负; 逗弄

vi.

【古】中途休息(或吃东西)

词形变化

名词: baiter | 动词过去式: baited | 动词过去分词: baited | 动词现在分词: baiting | 动词第三人称单数: baits |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.折磨; 欺负; 逗弄

badger  bother  torment  annoy  tease  pester  harass

n.诱饵, 圈套

trap  lure  tempt  

同义参见:

decoy  invitation  entrap  

英英释义

名词 bait:

anything that serves as an enticement

同义词：come-on, hook, lure, sweetener

something used to lure victims into danger

同义词：decoy, lure

动词 bait:

harass with persistent criticism or carping

同义词：tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, taunt, twit, rally, ride

lure, entice, or entrap with bait

attack with dogs or set dogs upon

短语词组

rise to the bait

1. 入圈套

He rises to the bait every time.

他每次都入圈套。

补充

baitbait英:[beit] 美:[bet]n.1.(钓鱼等用的)饵, 诱饵They were digging up worms to use for bait.他们正在挖蚯蚓作鱼饵。vt.1.装饵于They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵。2.故意激怒A soldier baited a captured enemy by laughing at him.一位士兵嘲笑一个俘虏来惹怒他。

例句

1. live bait such as worms and minnows蠕虫和小鱼之类的活饵 2. Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.电视节目本质上是吸引观众看广告的诱饵。 3. Service stations use petrol as bait to lure motorists into the restaurants.服务站用汽油当诱饵, 诱使开车的人进餐馆。 4. He lured the youngsters by using his own children as bait.他用自己的孩子当诱饵来引诱儿童。 5. When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't take the bait.当她企图使你觉得愧疚的时候, 可别中圈套。 6. Their behaviour may seem insulting, but don't rise to the bait and get cross.他们的行为也许看似无礼, 但是别上钩, 不要生气。 7. He baited his hook with a piece of meat.他把一块肉装在钩上当饵。 8. The boys dug pits and baited them.男孩们挖了坑, 在里面放了诱饵。 9. The defense lawyers tried to bait him and get him to act aggressively.辩护律师企图让他恼火, 使他做出侵犯性的行为。 10. He delighted in baiting his mother.他喜欢逗他妈妈。 11. When he was growing up other kids had baited him, calling him a blankethead.小时候其他孩子嘲笑他, 管他叫傻瓜。 12. The dogs baited the bear.群狗逗熊。 13. bait your hook with a worm.把蚯蚓装在鱼钩上作为钓饵。 14. He baited his younger sister unmercifully.他残忍地折磨他妹妹。 15. We like to bait him about his gaudy ties.我们爱取笑他戴的俗气而华丽的领带。 16. The boss has a nasty habit of baiting defenceless subordinates.这位老板有一个作弄孤立无助的下级的恶习。 17. They used fake signal lights to bait the enemy ships onto the rocks.他们用假信号灯诱使敌船触礁。 18. she used the prospect of freedom as bait to trap him into talking.她用自由的前景作诱饵使他开口。 19. the other boys revelled in baiting him about his love of literature.其他男孩都爱拿他对文学的热爱来嘲弄他。 20. I used a hook baited with fat.我用有肥肉做饵的钩。 21. [no obj.]I baited up with fresh squid.我用新鲜乌贼做饵。 22. we shall bait at Inver inn.我们就在因弗酒店歇脚。 23. Free offers are often used as bait to attract customers.赠品往往用作吸引顾客的诱饵。 24. We always use live bait [=worms that are alive] when we fish.钓鱼时我们总是用活的鱼饵。 25. cheese used for/as bait in mousetraps捕鼠器上用作诱饵的奶酪 26. Wait until the fish takes the bait.等着鱼上钩吧。 27. a wide selection of lures and baits种类繁多的诱饵 28. using bargains as bait for shoppers [=using bargains to attract shoppers]利用廉价商品招徕购物者 29. The police waited for the bank robbers to take the bait. [=to be tricked into doing the thing that would cause them to be trapped or caught]警方等着银行抢劫犯自投罗网。 30. "(chiefly Brit) The interviewer kept asking the politician whether he was lying, and he rose to the bait by getting angry."那名记者不断追问那位政界人士是否在撒谎，他终于中了圈套，忍不住发火了。 31. She baited the mousetraps with pieces of cheese. = She used cheese to bait the traps.她在捕鼠器上放了几块奶酪当诱饵。 32. baiting hooks with live worms把活的虫子放在鱼钩上当钓饵 33. a baited hook/trap放了诱饵的鱼钩/陷阱 34. The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying.那名记者不断追问那位政界人士是否在撒谎，试图将他激怒。 35. bear-baiting群狗斗熊 36. bull-baiting群狗斗公牛