单词 | entrapping |
释义 | entrappingn.ΚΠ 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Pref. When he nothyng preuailed, he turned to suttle entrappynges. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. 82 Sweete things to heare, entrappings very sweet. 1660 J. Heydon Proæmium sig. G5 in Idea of Law charactered from Moses to King Charles In imagining deceipts, wiles, crafts, malitious alterations, snares, entrappings, subtil practices, incombrances, controversies, circumventions, Scylla's and Charibdis's. 2. The action of entrap v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device wrenchc888 craftOE turnc1225 ginc1275 play?a1300 enginec1300 wrenkc1325 forsetc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 cautel138. subtletya1393 wilea1400 tramc1400 wrinkle1402 artc1405 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 subtiltyc1440 jeopardy1487 jouk1513 pawka1522 frask1524 false point?1528 conveyance1534 compass1540 fineness1546 far-fetch?a1562 stratagem1561 finesse1562 entrapping1564 convoyance1578 lift1592 imagine1594 agitation1600 subtleship1614 artifice1620 navation1628 wimple1638 rig1640 lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 undercraft1691 fly-flap1726 management1736 fakement1811 old tricka1822 fake1829 trickeration1940 swiftie1945 shrewdie1961 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > act of entrapping, ensnarement beswiking1340 espying1340 telea1450 mismeaningc1450 trapping?1531 entrapping1564 entangling1574 catcha1586 entrapment1609 ensnarementa1617 ensnaring1660 trepan1665 trepanning1670 crimping1795 roping in1840 entoilment1855 noosing1878 1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius xxii. f. 102v Vnrightfull entrapping of Hanno vpon malice and enuy, falsely surmising that he went about to make himself king. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 19 They durst not persue the Welsh to the Mountaines for feare of Intrapping. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 316 (margin) A notable stratageme of Scanderbeg for the intrapping of his enemies. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. 10 By intrapping of Flies to continue an useless Life. 1746 Trav. Tom Thumb Eng. & Wales 68 I had an Opportunity of seeing the Duckoys, for entrapping of wild Water Fowl. 1774 Public Advertiser 24 Dec. It ought to be deemed..an entrapping of Men, by encouraging them to take upon them a Function, the Exercise of which must involve them in Guilt and Anguish. 1872 Field Q. Mag. May 79/2 A distinct caste..held their lands on condition of giving their services to the king in all wild elephant entrappings. 1877 Irish Monthly 5 426 Werner was worth the trouble of entrapping. 1906 Southwestern Reporter 92 620/1 There was no protection against the entrapping of a foot in the space between the guard rail and the main rail. 1937 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 228/1 Occasional entrapping of the air by their dye occurred. 2001 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 8 Dec. 4591/3 When it comes to social constructs and entrapping of men within such constructs, often the youth has been seen as a better investment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). entrappingadj. That entraps, or is designed to entrap, a person or thing (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adjective] insidious1545 trapping1548 masking1567 snaringa1586 entrapping1588 sirenian1600 catching1603 set1603 snarefula1618 insidiary1625 entanglinga1627 ensnaring1630 implicatory1642 trepanning1670 webby1768 spidery1825 catchy1874 trappy1882 tanglefoot1893 1588 W. Rankins Eng. Ape 19 The Care of Kingdomes..hath no greater an enemy then this subtyle snare of pride which Sathan layeth as a beautyfull bayte, and entrapping engine. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes v. iv. 36 in Wks. II I haue an entrapping question, or two more, To put vnto 'hem. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 2 The hurt that might be done among the weaker by the intrapping autority of great names titl'd to false opinions. ?1788 H. C. Jennings Summary & Free Refl. (rev. ed.) App. 26 Cruelling ensnared by the wanton Treachery of enforced Answers, to entrapping Questions. 1794 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXXIX. 72 Such defendant, from such an entrapping mode of trial, may be convicted, although innocent. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 282 (note) Wrong terms and entrapping questions. 1875 Chambers's Information for People (ed. 5) I. 495/2 Where the proper inclination of the pipes cannot be attained, this is obviated by placing an entrapping box or vessel at the part where liquid is apt to collect. 1968 Pop. Stud. Rheumatic Dis. 135 Our patient knew this was a bad situation, and this was when she developed her disease—in an entrapping situation, whence she could see no escape. 1972 Sel. Annotated Bibliogr. Asphalt-bearing Rocks U.S. & Canada (Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 1352) 2 The hydrocarbon can generally be extracted from the entrapping rock by organic solvents. 2005 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 16 July c2 The officer pulled over the unsuspecting motorist and asked that entrapping question—do you have a reason for speeding? Derivatives enˈtrappingly adv. so as to entrap; in an entrapping manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adverb] insidiously1545 on (formerly upon) the prowl1803 entrappinglya1827 ensnaringly1853 a1827 J. M. Good in tr. Bk. Psalms (1854) xli. 183 (note) For עקב though it means heel, means also, as an adverb, ‘entrappingly, supplantingly, slily, stealthily.’ 1987 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 29 163 If male and female metaphors prove equally entrapping—and entrappingly equal—there is always androgyny. 2005 Good Society 14 30/2 It arranges people in a single hierarchy, entrappingly codenamed ‘ability’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1561adj.1588 |
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