carrot
/ˈkærət/noun
1
- a tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable（蔬菜）胡萝卜。
2
- a cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields this vegetable（植物）胡萝卜。
2.1
- Daucus carota, family Umbelliferae: two subspecies and many varieties; wild forms lack the swollen root.拉丁名Daucus carota,伞形科：2亚种, 多品种; 其野生种类没有肿根。
3
- an offer of something enticing as a means of persuasion (often contrasted with the threat of something punitive or unwelcome)诱人的建议（用于劝说, 常与具惩罚性或不受欢迎的威胁相对）：
carrots will promote cooperation over the environment far more effectively than sticks
胡萝卜会比大棒更能有效地促进环境方面的合作
as modifier the carrot and stick approach.胡萝卜加大棒的方法。
ORIGIN: with allusion to the proverbial encouragement of a donkey to move by enticing it with a carrot.
4
carrots
informal, usu. derogatory a nickname for a red-haired person〈非正式, 一般作贬〉红发人。
词源
late 15th cent.: from French carotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karōton.