car‧rot S3 / kærət / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground :

grated carrots

carrot juice

2 [可数名词] informal something that is offered to someone in order to try and persuade them to do something :

They have refused to sign the agreement despite a carrot of £140 million.

3 carrot and stick informal a way of trying to persuade someone to do something by offering them something good if they do it, and a punishment if they do not :

the government’s carrot and stick approach in getting young people to find jobs