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bait
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural baits
plural baits
Learner's definition of BAIT
: something (such as a piece of food) that is used to attract fish or animals so they can be caught鱼饵；钓饵；诱饵 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
[noncount]
- We always use live bait [=worms that are alive] when we fish.钓鱼时我们总是用活的鱼饵。
- cheese used for/as bait in mousetraps捕鼠器上用作诱饵的奶酪
- Wait until the fish takes the bait.等着鱼上钩吧。
[count]
- a wide selection of lures and baits种类繁多的诱饵
- using bargains as bait for shoppers [=using bargains to attract shoppers]利用廉价商品招徕购物者
- The police waited for the bank robbers to take the bait. [=to be tricked into doing the thing that would cause them to be trapped or caught]警方等着银行抢劫犯自投罗网。
- (chiefly Brit) The interviewer kept asking the politician whether he was lying, and he rose to the bait by getting angry.那名记者不断追问那位政界人士是否在撒谎，他终于中了圈套，忍不住发火了。
fish or cut bait
2 bait /ˈbeɪt/ verb
baits; baited; baiting
2 bait
/ˈbeɪt/
verb
baits; baited; baiting
Learner's definition of BAIT
[+ object]
1
: to put a piece of food on (a hook) or in (a trap) in order to attract and catch fish or animals（在鱼钩上或陷阱中）放诱饵
- She baited the mousetraps with pieces of cheese. = She used cheese to bait the traps.她在捕鼠器上放了几块奶酪当诱饵。
- baiting hooks with live worms把活的虫子放在鱼钩上当钓饵
- a baited hook/trap放了诱饵的鱼钩/陷阱
2
: to try to make (someone) angry by using criticism or insults激怒（某人） — see also race-baiting
- The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying.那名记者不断追问那位政界人士是否在撒谎，试图将他激怒。
3
: to use dogs to make (an animal, such as a bear or bull) angry or afraid纵犬袭击（熊、公牛等动物） — used in combination用于合成词
- bear-baiting群狗斗熊
- bull-baiting群狗斗公牛
baited; baiting; baits
archaic : to stop for food and rest when traveling
baiter noun
Example Sentences
Verb baiting hooks with live worms The interviewer kept baiting the politician by asking him whether he was lying. Noun cheese used for bait in mousetraps Wait until the fish takes the bait. a wide selection of lures and baits
Recent Examples on the Web
oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022 Those that aren’t worthy of aquariums are sold instead as bait or feeder fish. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 The term comes from the practice of wiggling your fingers underwater like wet noodles to bait a catfish. Matt Carney, Outside Online, 15 June 2022 Disney also shrank Jon Boyega's picture on Chinese movie posters and bait and switched the black audience marketing Finn as a Jedi. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 June 2022 Thanks to social media, everyday people are thrust into the role of performers, putting themselves forward at all times, hoping to bait the algorithms and, in turn, your eyes. New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 China’s intelligence services have also used the pilgrimage to bait Uighurs in safe European jurisdictions. Time, 24 Mar. 2022 Following footprints to better bait Phishing attacks have doubled from early 2020. Ravi Sen, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2022 As Curry ignored Porter’s efforts to bait him, Curry’s teammates had a sense of what was to come. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022 Brendan Morrow, The Week, 16 Sep. 2022 But the pace is uneven and there’s a lot of fishing for response among viewers when they haven’t been offered much bait. John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 The rule is one rod per person, hook and line only, and no live bait. Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022 Miami – If not for the Nationals, the Marlins would be fish bait for bigger prey. Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 John Hoyer, of Orono, Minn., however, has pioneered the technique of casting plastic swim baits to weed beds for walleye, an unusual way to hook trophy walleye without using live bait. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 Those plaintiffs include Laguna Beach coastal property owners, a Huntington Beach surf school, a Seal Beach bait and tackle store, and several groups of fishing and seafood sales companies. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The ferocious predators attack schools of anchovy-size fish like packs of wolves, which attracts terns and gulls that pluck the fleeing bait off the surface of the water. The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 The state’s accusations spanned a five-year period and included charges of wasting moose meat, not accompanying clients, killing bears using bait to lure them, and making use of a plane and electronic communications to spot big game. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2022 See More
Verb
If using traps, bait them (peanut butter will work well), but don’t set them for several days. oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022 Those that aren’t worthy of aquariums are sold instead as bait or feeder fish. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2022 The term comes from the practice of wiggling your fingers underwater like wet noodles to bait a catfish. Matt Carney, Outside Online, 15 June 2022 Disney also shrank Jon Boyega's picture on Chinese movie posters and bait and switched the black audience marketing Finn as a Jedi. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 June 2022 Thanks to social media, everyday people are thrust into the role of performers, putting themselves forward at all times, hoping to bait the algorithms and, in turn, your eyes. New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 China’s intelligence services have also used the pilgrimage to bait Uighurs in safe European jurisdictions. Time, 24 Mar. 2022 Following footprints to better bait Phishing attacks have doubled from early 2020. Ravi Sen, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2022 As Curry ignored Porter’s efforts to bait him, Curry’s teammates had a sense of what was to come. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022 Noun
Normally, a transformative performance in a biopic about a famous actress seems like pure Oscar bait that would earn her an instant spot, sight unseen. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 16 Sep. 2022 But the pace is uneven and there’s a lot of fishing for response among viewers when they haven’t been offered much bait. John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 The rule is one rod per person, hook and line only, and no live bait. Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022 Miami – If not for the Nationals, the Marlins would be fish bait for bigger prey. Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 John Hoyer, of Orono, Minn., however, has pioneered the technique of casting plastic swim baits to weed beds for walleye, an unusual way to hook trophy walleye without using live bait. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 Those plaintiffs include Laguna Beach coastal property owners, a Huntington Beach surf school, a Seal Beach bait and tackle store, and several groups of fishing and seafood sales companies. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The ferocious predators attack schools of anchovy-size fish like packs of wolves, which attracts terns and gulls that pluck the fleeing bait off the surface of the water. The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 The state’s accusations spanned a five-year period and included charges of wasting moose meat, not accompanying clients, killing bears using bait to lure them, and making use of a plane and electronic communications to spot big game. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old Norse beita; akin to Old English bǣtan to bait, bītan to bite — more at bite
Noun
Middle English, from Old Norse beit pasturage & beita food; akin to Old English bītan to bite
First Known Use
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of bait was in the 13th century Phrases Containing bait
noun
often
all often
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