bait

餌

魚や動物を捕まえるために、おびき寄せる食べ物など。

やさしい英語で： Food or another substance used to attract fish or animals so they can be caught.

• Put some bait on the hook.
• The fish ignored our bait.
• We used cheese as bait for the mice.

類義語： lure

よく使う表現： live bait, fishing bait, bait on something

餌、誘い

人の興味を引いたり行動させたりするために差し出す魅力的なもの。

やさしい英語で： Something attractive offered to make people interested or persuade them to do something.

• The prize was just bait.
• They used cheap tickets as bait to attract visitors.
• She refused to take the bait and sign up.

使い方： bait for someone (The free trial was bait for new customers.)

類義語： lure, enticement

よく使う表現： use as bait, bait for someone, tempting bait

釣り投稿

特に怒りなどの強い反応を引き出そうとするネット上の投稿。

やさしい英語で： An online message designed to make people react strongly, especially with anger.

• That post is obvious bait.
• Do not reply to his bait in the comments.
• The moderators removed several pieces of racist bait.

類義語： rage bait

よく使う表現： obvious bait, post bait, ignore the bait

餌を付ける、餌を仕掛ける

動物を捕まえるため、針やわなに餌などを付ける。

やさしい英語で： To put food or another attractant on a hook or in a trap to catch animals.

• He baited the trap.
• We baited our hooks with small pieces of fish.
• Have you baited the mouse trap yet?

使い方： bait something with something (She baited the hook with a worm.)

よく使う表現： bait a hook, bait a trap, bait something with

おびき寄せる

欲しがるものを差し出して、人や動物を引き寄せる。

やさしい英語で： To attract an animal or person by offering something they want.

• They baited the animals with food.
• The hunters baited deer near the clearing.
• The scheme baits customers with promises of quick profits.

使い方： bait someone/something with something (They baited the fox with scraps of meat.)

類義語： lure, entice

よく使う表現： bait an animal, bait someone with

犬に襲わせる

特に見世物として、犬に他の動物を襲わせる。

やさしい英語で： To make dogs attack an animal, especially as a form of entertainment.

• They used dogs to bait bears.
• The chained bull was baited before a crowd.
• Laws were passed to stop people baiting animals.

使い方： bait an animal with dogs (People once baited bulls with dogs for entertainment.)

よく使う表現： bait a bear, bait a bull, bait with dogs