taunt

Compared meaning: to deliberately annoy someone to make them angry (verb).

比较义项：故意招惹、挑逗使人生气（动词）。

• bait

  Bait implies deliberately provoking someone through repeated teasing or a trick, in order to lure them into reacting or doing something; the tone can be playful or malicious.

  bait强调通过反复挑逗或耍花招故意招惹某人，目的是引诱对方做出反应或做某事；语气可以是开玩笑的，也可以是带恶意的。

  He loved baiting his coworker with sarcastic comments just to watch him get flustered.

  他喜欢用讽刺的话招惹同事，就为了看他恼羞成怒的样子。

• taunt 本词

  Taunt implies openly mocking or jeering at someone with insulting words to hurt or provoke them, often in competitive or confrontational situations; it is stronger and more hostile than bait, and is also commonly used as a noun.

  taunt强调用带侮辱性或讥讽性的话语公开嘲弄、奚落对方，以伤害或激怒对方，常见于比赛或争吵等对抗场合；语气比bait更强硬、更具攻击性，也常作名词使用。

  The players began to taunt each other after the goal.

  进球后，球员们开始互相奚落对方。

Bait and taunt both mean deliberately annoying someone, but the method differs. Bait means provoking someone through teasing or a trick, to make them react, sometimes playfully. Taunt means openly mocking someone with insulting words; it is stronger, more hostile, and also a common noun.

这两个词在该义项下都表示故意用言语或行为惹恼对方，但方式和语气不同：bait偏重反复挑逗、耍花招引对方上钩，taunt偏重公开嘲讽、带侮辱性地奚落对方。这里不比较bait作“鱼饵”的名词义，也不比较taunt作“嘲讽的话语”的名词义。