/'kærət; `kærət/
n
1 (a) [C] plant with a long pointed orange root 胡萝卜.
(b) [C, U] this root eaten as a vegetable 胡萝卜（蔬菜）
*boiled beef and carrots 清炖牛肉胡萝卜
* Have some more carrots. 再吃点儿胡萝卜.
* grated carrot 擦碎的胡萝卜.
2 [C] (fig 比喻) reward or advantage promised to sb to persuade him to do sth 说服某人做某事所许诺的报酬或利益
*hold out/offer a carrot to sb 利诱某人.
3 (idm 习语) the carrot and the stick the hope of reward and the threat of punishment as a means of making sb try harder 胡萝卜加大棒; 软硬兼施; 威逼利诱
*[attrib 作定语] a carrot-and-stick approach 胡萝卜加大棒的方法; 威逼利诱.


橙色的根；胡萝卜素的重要来源

n

[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: carotte, from Late Latin, from Greek karoton]
[U and C]
a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground
　grated carrots
　carrot juice
[C]informal
something that is offered to someone in order to try and persuade them to do something
　They have refused to sign the agreement despite a carrot of £140 million.
carrot and stickinformal
a way of trying to persuade someone to do something by offering them something good if they do it, and a punishment if they do not
　the government's carrot and stick approach in getting young people to find jobs


orange root; important source of carotene