carrot

英 ['kærət] 美 ['kærət]

• n. 胡萝卜；<非>好处；报酬

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. 胡萝卜

   a plant with a long thick orange pointed root eaten as a vegetable

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 【植】胡萝卜
2. 酬报，好处
3. 红头发，红头毛；红发人
4. 空洞的政治许诺
5. 可望而不可及的好处，不能兑现的报酬或甜头
6. 威逼利诱
7. 诱饵（像在驴的鼻尖下挂着的胡萝卜）

英英释义

Noun:

1. deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

2. perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

3. orange root; important source of carotene

4. promise of reward as in

   "carrot and stick"
   "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Have some more carrot.
   再吃点胡萝卜。
2. The dish of boiled beef and carrot tastes good.
   那道清炖牛肉胡萝卜的菜味道不错。
3. You should eat such vegetables as carrot, celery and spinach.
   你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。
4. The myth that eating carrot improved your eyesight was exploded years ago.
   认为吃胡萝卜可以改善视力的海外奇谈，多年前已祛除殆尽。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Would you like some more carrot?
   你再吃点胡萝卜吗?
2. Just now I saw them digging up carrots in his garden.
   刚才我看见他们在菜园里挖胡萝卜。
3. Peas and carrots, during cooking, impart a delicious flavour.
   豌豆和胡萝卜烧煮时会散发出一股可口的香味。
4. Please keep an eye on the carrots while I go to the corner shop for some ice cream.
   我到拐角上的店里去买冰淇淋时,请替我照看一下胡萝卜。
5. I owed them for milk and carrots.
   我还欠着他们的牛奶费和买胡萝卜的钱。
6. There's no meat in the house, so we'll just have to make do with carrots.
   家里没肉,所以我们只得凑合着吃胡萝卜了。
7. They are trying to persuade the staff to accept the new machinery by dangling the carrot of higher pay.
   他们正在以加薪的许诺来引诱员工使用新机器。
8. Higher education grants are a carrot with which to entice students.
   高等教育的助学金是吸引学生的诱惑物。
9. Their method of negotiating is a combination of the carrot and the stick.
   他们谈判的方法是软硬兼施。

经典引文

• Along with the carrot of pecuniary reward must go the stick of personal economic disaster.

  出自： J. K. Galbraith

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• hold out〔offer〕 a carrot to sb 利诱某人

形容词+～

• diced carrots 胡萝卜丁

介词+～

• a bunch of carrots 一捆胡萝卜

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. carrot的基本意思是“胡萝卜”,一般用作可数名词,通常用复数形式carrots，偶尔也可用作不可数名词。
2. 在非正式英语中, carrot可作“报酬、好处、奖品、许诺”等解。

词源解说

• ☆ 1530左右进入英语，直接源自中古法语的carotte；最初源自拉丁语的carota，意为胡萝卜。

近反义词

【近义词】

• incentive 刺激的
• inducement 诱因
• bribe 贿赂
• bait 饵
• lure 诱惑
• candy 糖果
• encouragement 鼓励
• persuasion 说服
• sweetener 甜味剂
• bung 木塞