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  • n.诱饵; v.逗弄, 激怒
  • [英] n.诱饵 ( lure; enticement) ; v.逗弄, 激怒 ( to tease; to provoke a reaction)
  • [类] 反义词: disarm ( 缓和)
  • [例] Cheese is good bait for catfish.Don't bait your little sister.

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I. verb

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse beita; akin to Old English b?tan to bait, bītan to bite — more at bite
  • Date: 13th century
  • transitive verb
    • 1.
      • a. to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
      • b. tease
    • 2.
      • a. to harass (as a chained animal) with dogs usually for sport
      • b. to attack by biting and tearing
    • 3.
    • 4. to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road
  • intransitive verb
    • archaic to stop for food and rest when traveling
  • ? baiter noun
  • Synonyms:
    • bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim <baited the chained dog>. badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy<badgered her father for a car>. heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker<drunks heckled the stand-up comic>. hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering<football players hectored by their coach>. chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging<chivied the new student mercilessly>. hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing<hounded by creditors>.

II. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse beit pasturage & beita food; akin to Old English bītan to bite
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1.
    • a. something (as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap
    • b. a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals
  • 2. lure, temptation


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