英语词源
- baited (adj.)
- c. 1600, "furnished with bait," past participle adjective from bait (v.2). Hence, in a figurative sense, "exciting, alluring" (1650s). For bated breath see bate (v.1).
权威例句
- 1. He baited his hook with pie.
- 他在鱼钩上装了点馅饼作钓饵。
- 2. A soldier baited a captured enemy by laughing at him.
- 一位士兵嘲笑一个俘虏来惹怒他.
- 3. 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。
- 4. He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.
- 他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人.
- 5. The coachman baited his horses.
- 那位马车夫中途停车喂马.