英语词汇“bait”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bait¹

(bāt)

a. Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals.

b. Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose.

2. An enticement, temptation, or provocation: He did not take the bait by responding to the taunt and getting drawn into an argument.

v. bait·ed, bait·ing, baits

v.tr.

1. To place a lure in (a trap) or on (a fishing hook).

2. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy: He baited me into selling him my bike by saying how much I deserved a better one.

3. To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport.

4. To taunt or torment (someone), as with persistent insults or ridicule: "He baited him mercilessly and had all sorts of unpleasant names for him" (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala).

5. To feed (an animal), especially on a journey.

v.intr.
Archaic

To stop for food or rest during a trip.

[Middle English, from Old Norse beita, food, fodder, fish bait. V., from Old Norse beita, to put animals to pasture, hunt with dogs; see bheid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

baiter n.

Usage Note: The word baited is sometimes incorrectly substituted for the etymologically correct but unfamiliar word bated ("abated; suspended") in the expression bated breath.

单词	bait
释义	bait¹ (bāt) n. 1. a. Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals. b. Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose. 2. An enticement, temptation, or provocation: He did not take the bait by responding to the taunt and getting drawn into an argument. v. bait·ed, bait·ing, baits v.tr. 1. To place a lure in (a trap) or on (a fishing hook). 2. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy: He baited me into selling him my bike by saying how much I deserved a better one. 3. To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport. 4. To taunt or torment (someone), as with persistent insults or ridicule: "He baited him mercilessly and had all sorts of unpleasant names for him" (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala). 5. To feed (an animal), especially on a journey. v.intr. Archaic To stop for food or rest during a trip. [Middle English, from Old Norse beita, food, fodder, fish bait. V., from Old Norse beita, to put animals to pasture, hunt with dogs; see bheid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] baiter n. *Usage Note:* The word baited is sometimes incorrectly substituted for the etymologically correct but unfamiliar word bated ("abated; suspended") in the expression bated breath.
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