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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bait \Bait\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Baiting}.] [OE. baiten, beit?n, to feed, harass, fr. Icel.
beita, orig. to cause to bite, fr. b[=i]ta. [root]87. See
{Bite}.]
1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for
sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
to bait horses. --Holland.
3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm.
--W. Irving.
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baiting
n : harassment especially of a tethered animal