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

car·rot

(kărət)

1. A biennial Eurasian plant (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) in the parsley family, widely cultivated as an annual for its edible taproot.

2. The usually tapering, elongate, fleshy orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

3. Queen Anne's lace.

4. A reward offered for desired behavior; an inducement: "The U.S. should use a moratorium on SDI development as a carrot to bring an acceptable offensive arms limitation" (C. Peter Gall).

[French carotte, from Old French garroite, from Latin carōta, from Greek karōton; see ker-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	carrot
释义	car·rot (kărət) n. 1. A biennial Eurasian plant (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) in the parsley family, widely cultivated as an annual for its edible taproot. 2. The usually tapering, elongate, fleshy orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. 3. Queen Anne's lace. 4. A reward offered for desired behavior; an inducement: "The U.S. should use a moratorium on SDI development as a carrot to bring an acceptable offensive arms limitation" (C. Peter Gall). [French carotte, from Old French garroite, from Latin carōta, from Greek karōton; see ker-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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