carrot

名词 carrot:

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
   同义词：cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa
3. orange root; important source of carotene
4. promise of reward as in "carrot and stick";

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Have some more carrot.
   再吃点胡萝卜。
4. The dish of boiled beef and carrot tastes good.
   那道清炖牛肉胡萝卜的菜味道不错。

car.rot

n.（名词）
A biennial Eurasian plant(Daucus carota subsp. sativus) in the parsley family, widely cultivated as an annual for its edible taproot.
胡萝卜：一种产自欧亚大陆的两年生伞形科植物（胡萝卜属 野胡萝卜 亚种 胡萝卜） ，由于其直根可食而被作为一年生植物广泛种植
The usually tapering, elongate, fleshy orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
胡萝卜根：胡萝卜通常一端尖细延长的橙色肉质的根，可作为蔬菜食用
Queen Anne`s lace.
安妮女王的花边
A reward offered for desired behavior; an inducement:
奖赏：为期待的行为提供的奖赏；诱骗：
例句：
.The U.S. should use a moratorium on[strategic defense initiative] development as a carrot to bring an acceptable offensive arms limitation. (C. Peter Gall)
.美国应该延缓采取 以此作为诱惑来促成对进攻性武器的能被接受的限制. (C.彼得·加尔)

来源：
French carotte
法语 carotte
from Old French garroite
源自 古法语 garroite
from Latin carôta
源自 拉丁语 carôta
from Greek karôton * see ker-
源自 希腊语 karôton *参见 ker-