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A long orange root vegetable, thick at the top and pointed at the bottom, pulled up out of the soil — sweet, , and the thing you dangle in front of a donkey to make it walk forward.
可以想成一根從土裡拔出來的橘色蔬菜：上寬下尖，生吃脆脆甜甜的。這個具體畫面延伸出去的關鍵，是那個老畫面——有人在驢子…更多收起
可以想成一根從土裡拔出來的橘色蔬菜：上寬下尖，生吃脆脆甜甜的。這個具體畫面延伸出去的關鍵，是那個老畫面——有人在驢子面前吊一根胡蘿蔔，驢子為了吃到它就一直往前走。整個「用好處引人行動」的比喻，都是從這根吊在前面的胡蘿蔔長出來的。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
carrotnoun/ˈkæɹət/
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A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
- In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.
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A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
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Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
- Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.
- In 2022, when the Biden administration finally succeeded in passing a major climate bill, it consisted almost entirely of carrots—tax credits and subsidies for green energy.
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derogatoryslangSomeone from a rural background.
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slangA police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
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slangA redhead; a ginger-haired person
carrotverb/ˈkæɹət/
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To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。