n.

1. 胡蘿蔔，紅蘿蔔 [C][U]
   We grow carrots in our garden.

   我們在菜園裡種了些胡蘿蔔。

2. （用以引誘的）酬報[C]
   Dad is trying to persuade Jim by dangling the carrot of higher allowance.

   爸爸以增加零用錢為餌企圖說服吉姆。

3. 紅髮人，紅頭毛[P]

n.

1. a tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable.
2. a cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields carrots. [Daucus carota.]
3. an offer of something enticing as a means of persuasion (as contrasted with the ‘stick’ or punishment).
4. (carrots) informal, chiefly derogatory a nickname for a red-haired person.