honey trapn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌnɪ trap/, U.S.

/ˈhəni ˌtræp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., trap n.¹

Etymology: < honey n. + trap n.¹

1. Any type of trap (typically for catching insects) that uses honey as bait.Earliest and frequently in similative phrases.

ΚΠ

1859 E. S. Sheppard Almost Heroine II. iii. 126 I am no fantastic fool, intoxicated by her like a fly fallen into a honey-trap.

1929 Boston Daily Globe 19 Nov. 10/5 When the bee returns to the honey trap, the captor moves on in the direction that the bee took with his first load of honey and releases the bee again.

1975 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 11 June a5/2 One could put out ‘honey traps’ to catch the moths—cans half filled with a solution of honey and water..and hung in trees.

1993 D. E. Fisher Wrong Man xxii. 394 Caught like a bear in a honey trap.

2013 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Features section) 10 [He] warned Auckland a mile-wide (1.6km) wasp swarm was heading that way and advised people to set honey traps.

2. Originally and chiefly British. Originally in espionage, now esp. in Journalism: a stratagem in which an attractive person (usually a woman) entices another (usually a man) into revealing information, etc.; a person employing such a stratagem; (also more broadly) any stratagem in which an enticement is used to entrap a person in some way.

ΚΠ

1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor vi. 48 ‘Long ago..I made a mistake and walked into a honey trap.’ ‘He made an ass of himself with a Polish girl.’

1986 Renaissance Q. 39 224 Sixtus had tried to suppress the Observants, and had failed. Now he tried a ‘honey-trap’.

1990 Pink Paper 10 Feb. 2/1 Kincora was used, allegedly, as a ‘homosexual honeytrap for intelligence gathering’.

1999 Independent 25 May ii. 13/1 The two men were thus easy prey for one of the oldest tricks in the tabloid repertoire: the honeytrap. Flattered by the attentions of a young and attractive undercover female reporter, they chattered away as a hidden tape recorder turned in the background.

2012 Church Times 20 Jan. 25/1 One of the interviewees suggested that English and American reporters were particularly vulnerable to the honey-trap, whereas the French would ask for copies of the incriminating photos in order to show off to their wives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	honey trap
释义	honey trapn. Brit. /ˈhʌnɪ trap/, U.S. /ˈhəni ˌtræp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: honey n., trap n.¹ Etymology: < honey n. + trap n.¹ 1. Any type of trap (typically for catching insects) that uses honey as bait.Earliest and frequently in similative phrases. ΚΠ 1859 E. S. Sheppard Almost Heroine II. iii. 126 I am no fantastic fool, intoxicated by her like a fly fallen into a honey-trap. 1929 Boston Daily Globe 19 Nov. 10/5 When the bee returns to the honey trap, the captor moves on in the direction that the bee took with his first load of honey and releases the bee again. 1975 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 11 June a5/2 One could put out ‘honey traps’ to catch the moths—cans half filled with a solution of honey and water..and hung in trees. 1993 D. E. Fisher Wrong Man xxii. 394 Caught like a bear in a honey trap. 2013 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Features section) 10 [He] warned Auckland a mile-wide (1.6km) wasp swarm was heading that way and advised people to set honey traps. 2. Originally and chiefly British. Originally in espionage, now esp. in Journalism: a stratagem in which an attractive person (usually a woman) entices another (usually a man) into revealing information, etc.; a person employing such a stratagem; (also more broadly) any stratagem in which an enticement is used to entrap a person in some way. ΚΠ 1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor vi. 48 ‘Long ago..I made a mistake and walked into a honey trap.’ ‘He made an ass of himself with a Polish girl.’ 1986 Renaissance Q. 39 224 Sixtus had tried to suppress the Observants, and had failed. Now he tried a ‘honey-trap’. 1990 Pink Paper 10 Feb. 2/1 Kincora was used, allegedly, as a ‘homosexual honeytrap for intelligence gathering’. 1999 Independent 25 May ii. 13/1 The two men were thus easy prey for one of the oldest tricks in the tabloid repertoire: the honeytrap. Flattered by the attentions of a young and attractive undercover female reporter, they chattered away as a hidden tape recorder turned in the background. 2012 Church Times 20 Jan. 25/1 One of the interviewees suggested that English and American reporters were particularly vulnerable to the honey-trap, whereas the French would ask for copies of the incriminating photos in order to show off to their wives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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