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词汇 trap
释义 trap
noun
uk /træp/ us /træp/

trapnoun (SOMETHING THAT PREVENTS ESCAPE)


B2[ C ]
a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing their escape: 陷阱;夹子;捕捉器
be caught in a trapThe fox got its foot caught in a trap.狐狸的一只脚被夹子夹住了。
 
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B2[ S ]
a dangerous or unpleasant situation which you have got into and from which it is difficult or impossible to escape: 圈套;诡计
The undercover agents went to the rendezvous knowing that it might be a trap.尽管知道这可能是个圈套,这些秘密特工还是去了会面地点。
fall into a trapShe's too smart to fall into the trap of working without pay.她这人很聪明,决不会上当去做任何不给报酬的工作。
Don't fall into the trap of thinking you can learn a foreign language without doing any work.不要以为什么都不做就能学会一门外语。
His foot was caught in the jaws of the trap.他的脚被夹在捕兽夹的钳口里。
We set a trap and they walked right into it.我们设了个圈套,他们径直就踩了进去。
They put rabbit traps all over the wood.
We set traps to try to control the mice.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hunting & fishing
angler
angling
anti-hunt
anti-hunter
anti-hunting
barb
fishhook
fishing line
fishing rod
fly fishing
fox hunt
outfish
overfishing
piscatory
poach
poaching
ravening
whaler
whaling
yoicks

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Plotting & trapping

trapnoun (MOUTH)


[ C ]slang
a mouth: 嘴
shut your trapOh, shut your trap (= stop talking) - I don't want to hear it anymore!哦,闭嘴——我不想再听了!
keep your trap shutIt's a secret, so keep your trap shut (= don't say anything about it).这是个秘密,你得守口如瓶。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The mouth & throat
adenoid
alveolar
alveolar ridge
buccal
buccinator
Jacobson's organ
jawline
labial
labially
labiodental
mandible
pharynx
salivary gland
smacker
sphenopalatine
stomodeal
stomodeum
sublingual
submandibular
tonsil

trapnoun (VEHICLE)


[ C ]
a small, light carriage(= a vehicle pulled by horses, used especially in the past) with two wheels, pulled by one horse: (尤指旧时使用的)双轮轻便马车
He offered to give his friend a lift in his trap.
pony and trapI was met at the station in a pony and trap and taken to my new employer.
horse and trapThe doctor came in a horse and trap in the late 19th century but later had a chauffeur driven car.
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Carriages & carts
brougham
buggy
carriage
carryall
cart
chaise
chuckwagon
coupe
dogcart
dray
gig
horse-drawn
horsebox
musher
ox-drawn
popemobile
sedan chair
surrey
trishaw
wagon train

trapnoun (AMERICAN FOOTBALL)


sports specialized(alsotrap play)
in American football, a play (= action) in which a defensive player (= one trying to stop the opponents from scoring) is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage(= the line on which the ball is positioned at the beginning of play) and is then blocked so that the player carrying the ball can go through the gap:
Houston kept gaining big yardage with a trap.
They opened a hole for the fullback to make a 23-yard gain on a trap play.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Football/soccer
18-yard box
2 3 5
4 3 2 1
4 4 2
4 5 1
foosball
football boot
football player
football pools
football pyramid
premiership
professional foul
promedios
rabona
reducer
sweeper
the Football League
the Premier League
treble
woodwork

trapnoun (MUSIC)


[ U ]
short fortrap music

See also


like a steel trap
trap
verb[ T ]
uk /træp/ us /træp/-pp-
to catch an animal in a trap: 设陷阱(或夹子、捕捉器)捕捉
She survived in the wilderness by eating berries and trapping small animals and birds.她靠着吃浆果和设陷阱捕捉小动物和鸟,在野外活了下来。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to take a wild or loose animal
catchThe dog got out, but we caught her.
netWe netted a ton of fish downstream.
trawlCommercial fisheries trawl these waters for cod.
trollThey troll for tuna far offshore.
lassoThe cowboys learned at a young age how to lasso horses and steers.
trapThe turtles are trapped for their flesh.
to keep something such as heat or water in one place, especially because it is useful: (尤指为利用而)收集,存住,保存(热量、水等)
A greenhouse stays warm because the glass traps the heat of the sun.温室保持着温暖,因为玻璃吸收了太阳的热量。
 be trapped
B2
If someone or something is trapped, that person or thing is unable to move or escape from a place or situation: 被困住;陷入困境
The building collapsed and we were trapped.
 be trapped into (doing) something
to be forced or tricked into doing something that you do not want to do: 被迫做;被诱骗做
In his book, Holden speculates that Shakespeare was an unfaithful husband who was trapped into marriage.霍尔登在其书中推测莎士比亚是个被迫结婚而对妻子不忠的丈夫。
sports specialized
to bring a football that is moving or falling through the air under control using your feet: (足球)脚底停球
In training, we get players to practise trapping the ball from awkward angles.在训练中,我们让球员练习用脚停住各种角度刁钻的球。
She went to the aid of a man trapped in his car.她去帮助一个困在车中的男子。
Firefighters helped to dig out the people trapped in the snowdrift.消防队员帮忙把被困在雪堆里的人救了出来。
Rescuers are doing everything that is humanly possible to free the trapped people.救援人员正在尽其所能来解救被困的人们。
Jane is trapped in a joyless marriage.简陷入不幸的婚姻中。
We could hear the moans of someone trapped under the rubble.我们可以听到被困在瓦砾下的人发出的呻吟声。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hunting & fishing
angler
angling
anti-hunt
anti-hunter
anti-hunting
barb
fishhook
fishing line
fishing rod
fly fishing
fox hunt
outfish
overfishing
piscatory
poach
poaching
ravening
whaler
whaling
yoicks

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Keeping and storing things
Football/soccer

trap | American Dictionary


trap
noun[ C ]
us/træp/

trapnoun[C] (DEVICE FOR CATCHING)


a device or hole for catching and holding things:
A bear was caught in the trap.
A trap is also a bad situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape:
Simply by answering the letter, Robin had fallen into a trap.

trapnoun[C] (MOUTH)


slang
a mouth:
Oh, shut your trap!

trap


verb[ T ]us/træp/-pp-
Morrison was trapped by the fire.
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