| 单词 | bait |
| 释义 | bait (once / 617 pages) 1nv 2v People who go fishing aren’t the only ones to use bait. When you hold a yard sale, place your best stuff closest to the sidewalk — to serve as bait. Bait can be anything from the worms that hide a hook to a stereo that tempts shoppers to stop and browse. Bait can also mean the act of getting someone or something to do what you want. For generations, students have baited their teachers into wasting class time with a question about a personal interest or obsession: “This talk about integers is very fascinating, Mr. Green, but what do you think about last night’s Penguins game?” Bait comes from the Old Norse, word beita — “to cause to bite.” Asking Mr. Green what other Viking words he knows might be interesting, and provide bait for his next off-topic musing. WORD FAMILYbait: baited, baiting, baits+/baiting: baitings USAGE EXAMPLESPeople wouldn’t be baiting him into racial arguments at the flea market. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) And to catch them, they offered themselves up as bait. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) White bass are fair on blade baits along main lake bluffs. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed Syn|Hypo|Hyper decoy, lure chum bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish fish lure, fisherman's lure(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers ground baitbait scattered on the water to attract fish stool pigeona dummy pigeon used to decoy others flyfisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect jiga fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water spinnerfisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water trolla fisherman's lure that is used in trolling device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 2n anything that serves as an enticement Syn|Hyper come-on, hook, lure, sweetener enticement, temptation something that seduces or has the quality to seduce 3v lure, entice, or entrap with bait 2Hyper entice, lure, tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion 1v attack with dogs or set dogs upon Hyper assail, assault, attack, set on attack someone physically or emotionally 2v harass with persistent criticism or carping Syn|Hypo|Hyper cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff laugh at with contempt and derision banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kidbe silly or tease one another bemock, mock treat with contempt |
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