bait

Mồi câu

a small animal or piece of food used to attract fish when fishing

• use bait for something

Collocations fish with bait · buy bait at the shop

• He uses worms as bait.

  Anh ấy dùng giun làm mồi câu.

Mồi nhử, mồi hớp

something that is used to attract people or animals in order to catch them, especially by tricking them

• use bait for something

Collocations bait a trap · set up bait

• The police used a fake website as bait.

  Cảnh sát đã sử dụng một trang web giả mạo làm mồi nhử.

Trêu chọc, khiêu khích

to say or do things that annoy someone in order to make them angry or upset

• bait somebody

Collocations bait someone with insults · bait someone into doing something

• He baited her until she finally lost her temper.

  Anh ta trêu chọc cô ấy cho đến khi cô ấy cuối cùng cũng mất bình tĩnh.

Đặt mồi câu, câu cá bằng mồi

to put bait on a fishing hook and use it to catch fish

• bait something

Collocations bait a hook · bait a fishing line

• He baited the hook with a worm.

  Anh ấy đã đặt giun lên cần câu.

Trêu chọc, khiêu khích

to say or do things that annoy someone in order to make them angry or upset

• bait somebody

Collocations bait someone with insults · bait someone into doing something

• He baited her until she finally lost her temper.

  Anh ta trêu chọc cô ấy cho đến khi cô ấy cuối cùng cũng mất bình tĩnh.