carrot
noun uk/ˈkær.ət/ us/ˈker.ət/
(VEGETABLE)
A2 [ C or U ]胡萝卜
a long pointed orange root eaten as a vegetable
- More examples
- It's rather early to be sowing carrot seeds, isn't it?
- If you put carrot tops in water they start to grow.
- The first solid food she gave her baby was mashed carrot.
- We had carrot and coriander soup for lunch.
(REWARD)
C2 [ C ] informal（为鼓励而给的）好处，甜头，奖赏
something that is offered to someone in order to encourage them to do something
Idiom
carrot and stickidiom 胡萝卜加大棒（政策）;软硬兼施，恩威并重
a system in which you are rewarded for some actions and threatened with punishment for others
Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children. 有时候我只能对我的孩子们采取软硬兼施的办法。