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| 单词 | carrot |
| 释义 | carrot/ˈkarət /noun 1A tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable: roast lamb with peas and carrots [mass noun]: grated carrot [as modifier]: carrot cake carrot juice...
2A cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields carrots.
3An offer of something enticing as a means of persuasion (often contrasted with the threat of something punitive or unwelcome): carrots will promote cooperation over the environment far more effectively than sticks Compare with stick1 (sense 3).We then asked ourselves which approach was actually preferable to persuade them: the carrot or the stick?...
With allusion to the proverbial encouragement of a donkey to move by enticing it with a carrot 4 (carrots) informal, chiefly derogatory A nickname for a red-haired person: He pulled her red plaits and said in a loud whisper, ‘Carrots! Carrots!’ Origin |
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