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- mass noun food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey（诱捕鱼或其他动物的）饵。
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- something intended to entice someone to do something诱惑; 诱饵：
she used the prospect of freedom as bait to trap him into talking.
她用自由的前景作诱饵使他开口。
with obj.
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- deliberately annoy or taunt (someone)骚扰; 逗弄：
the other boys revelled in baiting him about his love of literature.
其他男孩都爱拿他对文学的热爱来嘲弄他。
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- torment (a trapped or restrained animal), especially by allowing dogs to attack it折磨（被困的动物）（尤指放狗攻击）。
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- put bait on (a hook) or in (a trap, net, or fishing area) to entice fish or animals as prey做饵; 上饵：
I used a hook baited with fat
我用的是有肥肉做饵的钩
no obj. I baited up with fresh squid.我用新鲜乌贼做饵。
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- no obj. archaic stop on a journey to take food or a rest〈古〉（旅途中）打尖; 歇脚：
we shall bait at Inver inn.
我们就在因弗酒店歇脚。
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- with obj. give food to (horses) on a journey（途中给马）喂食。
短语
fish or cut bait
- N. Amer. informal stop vacillating and decide to act on or disengage from something〈北美, 非正式〉要么全力以赴要么索性放弃.
rise to the bait
- react to a provocation or temptation exactly as intended上钩。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse beit 'pasture， food'， beita 'hunt chase'.