[N-COUNT 可数名词](捕鸟兽的)陷阱,罗网,夹子,捕捉器 A trap is a device which is placed somewhere or a hole which is dug somewhere in order to catch animals or birds.
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[VERB 动词]设陷阱捕捉 If a person traps animals or birds, he or she catches them using traps.
[V n]
The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.
当地居民过去被鼓励设捕捉器捕杀这种鸟。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]圈套;诡计;骗局 A trap is a trick that is intended to catch or deceive someone.
He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap…
他察觉到警方设了圈套以后就没有如约会面。
He was trying to decide whether the question was some sort of a trap.
他试图判断那个问题是不是个套。
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[VERB 动词]诱骗;使上当;使中计 If you trap someone into doing or saying something, you trick them so that they do or say it, although they did not want to.
[V n into -ing/n]
[V n]
Were you just trying to trap her into making some admission?...
你刚才是想诱使她供认吗?
She had trapped him so neatly that he wanted to slap her.
她骗他骗得如此干净利落,他恨不得给她一记耳光。
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[VERB 动词]诱捕;抓捕 To trap someone, especially a criminal, means to capture them.
[V n]
[JOURNALISM 新闻]
The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game...
警方知道要捉到凶手必须将计就计。
The couple set up a 24-hour security camera to trap the vandal scratching their car.
夫妇俩装了个 24 小时监控摄像头,想要抓住故意划坏他们车子的家伙。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]困境;窘境 A trap is an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from.
[usu sing]
The Government has found it's caught in a trap of its own making.
政府发现自己作茧自缚。
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[VERB 动词]使困住;使受限制 If you are trapped somewhere, something falls onto you or blocks your way and prevents you from moving or escaping.
[be V-ed]
[V n]
[V-ed]
The train was trapped underground by a fire...
列车被大火困在地下。
The light aircraft then cartwheeled, trapping both men...
这架轻型飞机接着一个侧翻,把两个人都困住了。
Until he saw the trapped wagons and animals, he did not realize the full extent of the catastrophe.
直到他看见受困的马车和动物,才意识到灾难的严重性。
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[VERB 动词]采集;储存;使存留 When something traps gas, water, or energy, it prevents it from escaping.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Wool traps your body heat, keeping the chill at bay...
毛织品能够保暖御寒。
The volume of gas trapped on these surfaces can be considerable.
存留在这些表面的气体体积可能相当大。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]双轮轻便马车 A trap is a light carriage with two wheels pulled by horses in which people used to travel.
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See also:
trapped
;
booby-trap
;
death trap
;
poverty trap
;
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[PHRASE 短语]落入陷阱;陷入误区 If someone falls into the trap of doing something, they think or behave in a way which is not wise or sensible.
[V inflects]
Many people fall into the trap of believing that home decorating must always be done on a large scale...
很多人错误地认为家居装修总是要大动一番干戈。
It's a trap too many people fall into.
太多人都掉进了这个陷阱中。
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[PHRASE 短语]住嘴;闭嘴 If someone tells you to shut your trap or keep your trap shut, they are telling you rudely that you should be quiet and not say anything.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
[RUDE 无礼]
Oxford
trap★/træp; NAmEtræp/
noun
,
verb
traptrapstrappedtrappingnoun★for animals 动物1★a piece of equipment for catching animals (捕捉动物的)陷阱,罗网,夹,捕捉器◆a fox with its leg in a trap被夹子夹住腿的狐狸◆A trap was laid, with fresh bait.陷阱设置好,还投放了新诱饵。☞see also
mousetrap
trick 计谋2★a clever plan designed to trick sb, either by capturing them or by making them do or say sth that they did not mean to do or say 圈套;诡计◆She had set a trapfor him and he had walked straight into it. 她给他设下圈套,他就迳直钻了进去。☞see also
booby trap
,
radar trap
,
sand trap
,
tourist trap
bad situation 恶劣处境3[usually singular ]an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape (难以逃脱的)困境,牢笼◆the unemployment trap失业的困境◆Some women see marriage as a trap.有些妇女把婚姻视作围城。☞see also
deathtrap
,
poverty trap
carriage 马车4a light carriagewith two wheels, pulled by a horse 双轮轻便马车◆a pony and trap一匹小马拉的双轮轻便马车mouth 嘴5( slang) mouth 嘴;口SYN
gob
◆Shut your trap! (= a rude way of telling sb to be quiet)闭上你的臭嘴!◆to keep your trap shut (= to not tell a secret)嘴上有把门儿的for racing dog 赛狗6a cagefrom which a greyhound(= a type of dog) is let out at the start of a race 隔栏(赛狗开始时把狗从中放出)in golf 高尔夫球7( NAmE) =
bunker
n. (3 )IDIOMto fall into/avoid the trap of doing sthto do/avoid doing sth that is a mistake but which seems at first to be a good idea 掉进╱避免掉进陷阱◆Parents often fall into the trap of trying to do everything for their children.家长经常一厢情愿地极力为子女操办一切。☞more at
spring
v.verb★(-pp-)in dangerous/bad situation 处境危险╱恶劣1★[often passive ]trapsb (+ adv./prep.) to keep sb in a dangerous place or bad situation that they want to get out of but cannot 使落入险境;使陷入困境◆Help! I'm trapped!救命啊!我给困住了!◆They were trapped in the burning building.他们被困在燃烧着的楼房里。◆We became trapped by the rising floodwater.我们被上涨的洪水困住了。◆He was trapped in an unhappy marriage.他陷入不幸的婚姻之中。◆I feel trapped in my job.我觉得被工作缠住了。part of body/clothing 身体╱衣服部位2★trapsth (+ adv./prep.) to have part of your body, your clothing, etc. held in a place so tightly that you cannot remove it and it may be injured or damaged 卡住;夹住;绊住;缠住◆I trapped my coat in the car door.我的外衣被汽车门夹住了。◆The pain was caused by a trapped nerve.这疼痛是由于神经受抑制引起的。catch 捕捉3trapsth to catch or keep sth in a place and prevent it from escaping, especially so that you can use it 收集;吸收◆Solar panels trap energy from the sun.太阳能电池板吸收太阳能。4★trapsb/sth (+ adv./prep.) to force sb/sth into a place or situation that they cannot escape from, especially in order to catch them 把…逼进,迫使…进入(不能逃脱的地方)◆The escaped prisoners were eventually trapped in an underground garage and recaptured.越狱逃犯终于给追逼到地下汽车库,再次被捕。5trapsth to catch an animal in a trap 设陷阱捕捉,用捕捉器捕捉(动物)◆Raccoons used to be trapped for their fur.人们过去经常猎取浣熊,以获得其毛皮。trick 计谋6trapsb (into sth/into doing sth) to trick sb into sth 使陷入圈套;使中计;使上当◆He felt he had been trapped into accepting the terms of the contract.他觉得自己是中了圈套才接受这合同条款的。trap/træp; NAmEtræp/
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trap2 verb
traptrap1 /træp/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1trap (1)for animals a piece of equipment for catching animals: The only way to catch mice is to set a trap. He stepped into a bear trap covered in snow. →
mousetrap
2clever trick a clever trick that is used to catch someone or to make them do or say something that they did not intend tolay/set a trap (for somebody) Police had set a trap for hooligans at the match.fall/walk into a trap Mr Smith has walked straight into a trap laid by the Tories.3bad situation an unpleasant or difficult situation that is difficult to escape from: Amanda felt that marriage was a trap.debt/unemployment etc trap people caught in the unemployment trap4fall into/avoid the trap of doing something to do something that seems good at the time but is not sensible or wise, or to avoid doing this: Don’t fall into the trap of investing all your money in one place.5keep your trap shut spoken a rude way of telling someone to not say anything about things that are secret: Just keep your trap shut.6shut your trap! spoken a rude way of telling someone to stop talking7vehicle a vehicle with two wheels, pulled by a horse8sport American EnglishsandtrapSYN bunker British English9dog race a special gate from which a greyhound is set free at the beginning of a race →
booby trap
, death trap
, → poverty trap
at poverty(3)
, → speed trap
, tourist trap
trap1 noun
trap2 verb
traptrap2 ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle trapped, present participle trapping) [transitive]
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1in a dangerous place to prevent someone from escaping from somewhere, especially a dangerous place: Twenty miners were trapped underground. The building collapsed, trapping dozens of people in the rubble. There’s no way out! We’re trapped!GRAMMARTrap is often passive in this meaning.2in a bad situation be/feel trapped to be in a bad situation from which you cannot escapetrap in Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother.3animal to catch an animal or bird using a trap4catch somebody to catch someone by forcing them into a place from which they cannot escape: The police trapped the terrorists at a roadblock.► see thesaurus at
catch
5trick to trick someone so that you make them do or say something that they did not intend totrap somebody into (doing) something I was trapped into signing a confession.6crush British English to get a part of your body crushed between two objectsSYN pinch American English: Mind you don’t trap your fingers in the door. pain from a trapped nerve7gas/water etc to prevent something such as gas or water from getting away: solar panels that trap the sun’s heat
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