bait
n[U]
1 food or imitation food put on a hook to catch fish or placed in nets, traps, etc to attract prey 魚餌; 誘餌
The fish nibbled at/rose to/took/swallowed the bait. 那魚輕咬[浮向/咬著了/吞下了]魚餌.
live bait, ie small fish used to catch larger fish 活餌(用作魚餌引誘大魚上鉤的小魚).
2 (fig 比喻) thing that is used to attract or tempt 引誘物; 誘惑物.
3 (idm 習語) rise to the bait => rise2. swallow the bait => swallow2. bait, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (with sth) put (real or imitation food) on or in sth to catch fish, animals, etc 置(餌)於某物之上或之內(以捕魚、獸等)
bait a trap 把餌放入陷阱里
bait a hook with a worm 把魚蟲放在鉤上作魚餌.
2 [Tn]
(a) torment (a chained animal) by making dogs attack it, often as a form of entertainment 縱犬撕咬(被鏈鎖住的動物)(通常作為娛樂)
`bear-baiting 縱犬斗熊.
(b) torment (sb) by making cruel or insulting remarks 以侮辱性言辭折磨(某人).
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被他”用餌 引誘 網友:yqy 補充:因為誘餌(bait)而等待(wait)
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*[beit]n. 餌vt. 以餌引誘, 欺負vi. 中途休息【化】 毒餌相關詞組: to rise to a bait to swallow the bait to jump at the bait
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