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bait n.饵；引诱v.以饵引诱；逗弄；中途休息 (1) 那鱼一下子咬住了鱼饵。(2) 蚯蚓常用作鱼饵。(3) 那热气腾腾的蛋糕对这个饥饿的男孩是个诱惑。(4) 我一提钱他便怦然心动，上了我的钩。(5) 他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵。(6) 多数人用蚯蚓作鱼饵。(7) 从前人们常逗弄牛和熊取乐。(8) 我们必须在这休息一会，吃点东西。 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.

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英 [beɪt] 美 [beɪt] (1) The fish snapped at the bait.(2) Earth worms are often used as bait.(3) The steaming cake was a bait for the hungry boy.(4) As soon as I mentioned money he rose to the bait, and became really interested.(5) They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.(6) Most people bait their hooks with worms.(7) Men used to bait bulls and bears for sport.(8) We have to bait here and take some food. 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. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]饵；诱饵 Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals. 2[VERB 动词]装饵于；给（鱼钩或陷阱等）上诱饵 If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it.   [V n with n]  [V n]  [V-ed]He baited his hook with pie...他在鱼钩上装了点馅饼作钓饵。The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey.男孩们挖了坑，埋了饵，这样他们就可以刺杀猎物了。...baited lures.诱饵3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]诱惑物；引诱物 To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something.   [also a N]Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure motorists into the restaurants and other facilities...加油站以汽油为诱饵，吸引开车的人用餐以及使用其他设施。Television programmes are essentially bait  to attract an audience for advertisements.从根本上说，电视节目就是吸引观众看广告的诱饵。4[VERB 动词]使上当发火；故意逗…生气 If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them.   [V n]He delighted in baiting his mother.他喜欢逗母亲生气。5[PHRASE 短语]中圈套，上当，中计（亦作rise to the bait,主要用于英国英语中） If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.   [V inflects]When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't  take the bait...如果她试图让你觉得内疚，不要上当。Their behaviour may seem insulting, but it's important not to rise to the bait and get cross.他们的行为看起来可能很无礼，但千万不要上当生气。

英语单词	bait
英美音标	英 [beɪt] 美 [beɪt]
中文释义	n.饵；引诱 v.以饵引诱；逗弄；中途休息
英语例句	(1) The fish snapped at the bait. (2) Earth worms are often used as bait. (3) The steaming cake was a bait for the hungry boy. (4) As soon as I mentioned money he rose to the bait, and became really interested. (5) They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese. (6) Most people bait their hooks with worms. (7) Men used to bait bulls and bears for sport. (8) We have to bait here and take some food.
中文例句	(1) 那鱼一下子咬住了鱼饵。 (2) 蚯蚓常用作鱼饵。 (3) 那热气腾腾的蛋糕对这个饥饿的男孩是个诱惑。 (4) 我一提钱他便怦然心动，上了我的钩。 (5) 他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵。 (6) 多数人用蚯蚓作鱼饵。 (7) 从前人们常逗弄牛和熊取乐。 (8) 我们必须在这休息一会，吃点东西。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]饵；诱饵 Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals. 2 [VERB 动词]装饵于；给（鱼钩或陷阱等）上诱饵 If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it. [V n with n] [V n] [V-ed] He baited his hook with pie... 他在鱼钩上装了点馅饼作钓饵。 The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey. 男孩们挖了坑，埋了饵，这样他们就可以刺杀猎物了。 ...baited lures. 诱饵 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]诱惑物；引诱物 To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something. [also a N] Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure motorists into the restaurants and other facilities... 加油站以汽油为诱饵，吸引开车的人用餐以及使用其他设施。 Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements. 从根本上说，电视节目就是吸引观众看广告的诱饵。 4 [VERB 动词]使上当发火；故意逗…生气 If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them. [V n] He delighted in baiting his mother. 他喜欢逗母亲生气。 5 [PHRASE 短语]中圈套，上当，中计（亦作rise to the bait,主要用于英国英语中） If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English. [V inflects] When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't take the bait... 如果她试图让你觉得内疚，不要上当。 Their behaviour may seem insulting, but it's important not to rise to the bait and get cross. 他们的行为看起来可能很无礼，但千万不要上当生气。

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