entice

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. transitive
    — I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

词形变化

entices present,singular,third-person enticing participle,present enticed participle,past enticed past

词源

From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).
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