1. bite => bait.
2. literally "cause to bite" => "food" => "food put on a hook or trap to lure prey".
3. bait???????????中途休息，餌，引誘?“中途休息時不要被他引誘”?
中文詞源
bait 誘餌
詞源同bite , 咬。誘使魚咬鉤或狗咬人。
英文詞源
bait
bait: [13] Etymologically, the verb bait means ‘cause to bite’. It comes from Old Norse beita, a causative version of bita ‘bite’ (related to English bite). This took two semantic paths in English. In its aggressive mode, it meant literally ‘set dogs on someone’, and hence by figurative extension ‘harrass, persecute’. More peaceably, it signified ‘feed an animal’.
And this sense of ‘food provided’ is reflected in the noun bait, which comes partly from the verb, partly from the related Old Norse nouns beit ‘pasturage’ and beita ‘fish bait’. Old Norse beita was probably borrowed into Old French as beter, which with the prefix aproduced abeter, source of English abet [14], originally meaning ‘urge on, incite’. => abet, bite
bait (n.)
"food put on a hook or trap to lure prey," c. 1300, from Old Norse beita "food," related to Old Norse beit "pasture," Old English bat "food," literally "to cause to bite" (see bait (v.)). Figurative sense "anything used as a lure" is from c. 1400.
bait (v.1)
"to torment or goad (someone unable to escape, and to take pleasure in it)," c. 1300, beyten, a figurative use from the literal sense of "to set dogs on," from the medieval entertainment of setting dogs on some ferocious animal to bite and worry it (the literal use is attested from c. 1300); from Old Norse beita "to cause to bite," from Proto-Germanic *baitan (cognates: Old English b?tan "to cause to bite," Old High German beizzen "to bait," Middle High German beiz "hunting," German beizen "to hawk, to cauterize, etch"), causative of *bitan (see bite (v.)); the causative word forked into the two meanings of "harass" and "food offered." Related: Baited; baiting.
bait (v.2)
"to put food on a hook or in a trap," c. 1300, probably from bait (n.). Related: Baited; baiting.
雙語例句
1. Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.
從根本上說，電視節(jié)目就是吸引觀眾看廣告的誘餌。
來自柯林斯例句
2. When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't take the bait.
如果她試圖讓你覺得內(nèi)疚，不要上當。
來自柯林斯例句
3. This type of trap uses no bait or other attractant.
這種陷阱不用誘餌或其他引誘物。
來自《權威詞典》
4. The fish took the bait.
魚咬了釣餌。
來自《權威詞典》
5. The boss told him " Quit wasting time! Fish or cut bait.