mantrapn.

Brit.

/ˈmantrap/, U.S.

/ˈmænˌtræp/

Inflections: Plural mantraps, (rare) mentraps.

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

Etymology: < man n.¹ + trap n.¹ With sense 2 compare man n.¹ II.; with sense 1 compare man n.¹ I.

1. A person or thing which ensnares people.

a. literal. A trap for catching trespassers or poachers.

ΚΠ

1716 J. Laurence Gentleman’s Recreation 14 I ordered the Smith to make a large Iron Trap with formidable Teeth to close one within another, which was to be called a Man-Trap.

1775 H. B. Dudley Rival Candidates i. iv. 17 Men-traps and spring-guns set in these grounds day and night.

1788 J. Wolcot Peter's Pension 17 Your man-traps, guards of goose and duck, And cocks and hens.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 27 He should have warned us of our danger, before we entered his garden of flowery eloquence, by advertising, ‘Spring-guns and man-traps set here’.

1827 Act 7 & 8 Geo. IV c.18 §1 If any Person shall set or place..any Spring Gun, Man Trap, or other Engine calculated to destroy human Life.

1880 R. Browning Clive 24 Did no writing on the wall Warn me ‘Trespasser, 'ware man-traps!’

1971 ELH 38 128 Grace's willingness to take up..with..Fitzpiers [in Hardy's Woodlanders]..hinges on her near escape from a mantrap.

1992 New Republic 4 May 37/1 The intensification of the Game Laws, with mantraps and spring guns legalized to sustain a grotesque privilege (ownership of wild creatures), sparked a bush war in every hamlet.

1996 P. Widdowson Thomas Hardy iv. 56 Tim Tangs's jealous fear..leads to his setting a man-trap—which, in the event, springs shut on Grace's skirt.

b. figurative and in extended use: a person or thing intended or likely to entrap, ensnare, or injure a person or people.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > hidden

pitfallc1390

wevet1499

a pad in the straw1530

shelf1560

trapfall1596

snake1611

trapdoor1648

mantrap1798

death-trap1828

nigger in the woodpile1852

—— in the woodpile1857

1798 J. Boaden Cambro-Britons i. 10 As hur is a christian soul's, as errant a man-trap as ever snapt up a false thief!

1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People ii. v. 103 Oh the infamous magistrates of Babylon! that parish-bane, Mr. Blight! that pauper bully, Joskins! that man-trap, Mr. Diggary!

1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 197 Were you to bawl in the ears of those employed in the construction [of certain guns],..you would not affect nor abate one, in the number of these infernal man-traps.

1857 W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake ii. xi. 330 The planks (of the streets) worn out and broken through, leaving large holes, popularly known as ‘man-traps’.

1901 J. Davidson Test. Vivisector 25 Caught in her snare, The man-trap Memory, towards the recreant hour When life is at the ebb, I rise and think to end it now.

1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris v. ii. 365 Some new kind of mantrap [sc. an aeroplane] that flies fine—on paper.

1965 H. Sheppard Dict. Railway Slang 7 Man trap, catch points to prevent unauthorised entry from siding.

1995 Wired Mar. 80/2 There are plenty of legitimate security wares that any large employer would be smart to look into—for example, revolving door ‘mantraps’ equipped with metal detectors.

2002 Time 29 July 47/3 The U.S. has invested..millions of dollars in making a better man trap. Some [e.g., webs and nets, pulsed-energy weapons, and malodorants] are already on their way to the battleground or a protest march near you.

2. humorous.

a. Something that ensnares men; a place where men are ensnared. In early use chiefly with reference to marriage.

ΚΠ

1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller iv. 70 Astr. Marriage? Head. A Man-Trap.

1823 R. B. Peake Duel i. ii. 11 Before I enter their premises (especially where there is such a man-trap as matrimony set) I'll reconnoitre.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 5 Mrs. Varden, regarding the Maypole as a sort of humane man-trap, or decoy for husbands.

1869 E. Bulwer-Lytton Walpole iii. iii. 90 Warn him to shun That vile Jezebel's man-trap—I know he goes there.

1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iii. 121 You know better than any of us that marriage is a mantrap baited with simulated accomplishments.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 411 You never seen me in the mantrap with a married highlander.

1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June (verso front cover) Setting a man-trap in the sand trap, Sharon wore a slinky shoe-string top for her date with Dweezil.

b. spec. A woman who seeks to entrap a man into marriage (as a fictional personification in quots. 1773 and 1847); (more generally in later use) a woman who habitually seduces and exploits men, a vamp. Cf. man-trapper n. at man n.¹ Compounds 1c(a).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > attempt to gain husband > one who

mantrap1773

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 62 There's Mrs. Mantrap, Lady Betty Blackleg [etc.].

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvii. 335 Mrs. Mantrap..drives her greys in the Park.

1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. 22/1 Man-trap, a widow.

1974 P. M. Hubbard Thirsty Evil i. 9 She was no man-trap, but she did not miss much.

1997 Radio Times 7 June 50/2 Hiding out in a small town, the manipulative mantrap..seduces besotted insurance agent Peter Berg into carrying out her every whim.

2002 New Republic 20 May 36/1 Angelou..comes to worship her gorgeously savvy man-trap of a mother.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mantrapv.

Brit.

/ˈmantrap/, U.S.

/ˈmænˌtræp/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mantrap n.

Etymology: < mantrap n.

transitive. To trap in or as in a mantrap. Also: to provide or supply (a place) with a mantrap or mantraps. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > make a place dangerous for > by besetting with man-traps

mantrap1851

1851 C. Dickens & M. Lemon Mr. Nightingale's Diary 22 Which the blessed innocent has been invaygled of, and man-trapped—leastways, boy-trapped.

1911 J. London Son of Sun (1913) iv. iv. 159 Besides, the runs are all man-trapped—you know, staked pits, poisoned thorns, and the rest.

1952 D. Thomas Let. 8 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 378 Every lane was mantrapped for me.

1957 A. Clarke Too Great Vine 15 Discharge, excrete, their centuries, Man-trapped in concrete.

Derivatives

ˈmantrapping adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of hidden dangers

pitfalled1876

trappy1882

mantrappingc1953

c1953 D. Thomas Let. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 416 And eel up wheezily..from all the claws and bars and breasts of the mantrapping seabed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mantrap
释义	mantrapn. Brit. /ˈmantrap/, U.S. /ˈmænˌtræp/ Inflections: Plural mantraps, (rare) mentraps. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.¹, trap n.¹ Etymology: < man n.¹ + trap n.¹ With sense 2 compare man n.¹ II.; with sense 1 compare man n.¹ I. 1. A person or thing which ensnares people. a. literal. A trap for catching trespassers or poachers. ΚΠ 1716 J. Laurence Gentleman’s Recreation 14 I ordered the Smith to make a large Iron Trap with formidable Teeth to close one within another, which was to be called a Man-Trap. 1775 H. B. Dudley Rival Candidates i. iv. 17 Men-traps and spring-guns set in these grounds day and night. 1788 J. Wolcot Peter's Pension 17 Your man-traps, guards of goose and duck, And cocks and hens. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 27 He should have warned us of our danger, before we entered his garden of flowery eloquence, by advertising, ‘Spring-guns and man-traps set here’. 1827 Act 7 & 8 Geo. IV c.18 §1 If any Person shall set or place..any Spring Gun, Man Trap, or other Engine calculated to destroy human Life. 1880 R. Browning Clive 24 Did no writing on the wall Warn me ‘Trespasser, 'ware man-traps!’ 1971 ELH 38 128 Grace's willingness to take up..with..Fitzpiers [in Hardy's Woodlanders]..hinges on her near escape from a mantrap. 1992 New Republic 4 May 37/1 The intensification of the Game Laws, with mantraps and spring guns legalized to sustain a grotesque privilege (ownership of wild creatures), sparked a bush war in every hamlet. 1996 P. Widdowson Thomas Hardy iv. 56 Tim Tangs's jealous fear..leads to his setting a man-trap—which, in the event, springs shut on Grace's skirt. b. figurative and in extended use: a person or thing intended or likely to entrap, ensnare, or injure a person or people. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > hidden pitfallc1390 wevet1499 a pad in the straw1530 shelf1560 trapfall1596 snake1611 trapdoor1648 mantrap1798 death-trap1828 nigger in the woodpile1852 —— in the woodpile1857 1798 J. Boaden Cambro-Britons i. 10 As hur is a christian soul's, as errant a man-trap as ever snapt up a false thief! 1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People ii. v. 103 Oh the infamous magistrates of Babylon! that parish-bane, Mr. Blight! that pauper bully, Joskins! that man-trap, Mr. Diggary! 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 197 Were you to bawl in the ears of those employed in the construction [of certain guns],..you would not affect nor abate one, in the number of these infernal man-traps. 1857 W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake ii. xi. 330 The planks (of the streets) worn out and broken through, leaving large holes, popularly known as ‘man-traps’. 1901 J. Davidson Test. Vivisector 25 Caught in her snare, The man-trap Memory, towards the recreant hour When life is at the ebb, I rise and think to end it now. 1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris v. ii. 365 Some new kind of mantrap [sc. an aeroplane] that flies fine—on paper. 1965 H. Sheppard Dict. Railway Slang 7 Man trap, catch points to prevent unauthorised entry from siding. 1995 Wired Mar. 80/2 There are plenty of legitimate security wares that any large employer would be smart to look into—for example, revolving door ‘mantraps’ equipped with metal detectors. 2002 Time 29 July 47/3 The U.S. has invested..millions of dollars in making a better man trap. Some [e.g., webs and nets, pulsed-energy weapons, and malodorants] are already on their way to the battleground or a protest march near you. 2. humorous. a. Something that ensnares men; a place where men are ensnared. In early use chiefly with reference to marriage. ΚΠ 1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller iv. 70 Astr. Marriage? Head. A Man-Trap. 1823 R. B. Peake Duel i. ii. 11 Before I enter their premises (especially where there is such a man-trap as matrimony set) I'll reconnoitre. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 5 Mrs. Varden, regarding the Maypole as a sort of humane man-trap, or decoy for husbands. 1869 E. Bulwer-Lytton Walpole iii. iii. 90 Warn him to shun That vile Jezebel's man-trap—I know he goes there. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iii. 121 You know better than any of us that marriage is a mantrap baited with simulated accomplishments. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 411 You never seen me in the mantrap with a married highlander. 1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June (verso front cover) Setting a man-trap in the sand trap, Sharon wore a slinky shoe-string top for her date with Dweezil. b. spec. A woman who seeks to entrap a man into marriage (as a fictional personification in quots. 1773 and 1847); (more generally in later use) a woman who habitually seduces and exploits men, a vamp. Cf. man-trapper n. at man n.¹ Compounds 1c(a). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > attempt to gain husband > one who mantrap1773 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 62 There's Mrs. Mantrap, Lady Betty Blackleg [etc.]. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvii. 335 Mrs. Mantrap..drives her greys in the Park. 1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. 22/1 Man-trap, a widow. 1974 P. M. Hubbard Thirsty Evil i. 9 She was no man-trap, but she did not miss much. 1997 Radio Times 7 June 50/2 Hiding out in a small town, the manipulative mantrap..seduces besotted insurance agent Peter Berg into carrying out her every whim. 2002 New Republic 20 May 36/1 Angelou..comes to worship her gorgeously savvy man-trap of a mother. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mantrapv. Brit. /ˈmantrap/, U.S. /ˈmænˌtræp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mantrap n. Etymology: < mantrap n. transitive. To trap in or as in a mantrap. Also: to provide or supply (a place) with a mantrap or mantraps. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > make a place dangerous for > by besetting with man-traps mantrap1851 1851 C. Dickens & M. Lemon Mr. Nightingale's Diary 22 Which the blessed innocent has been invaygled of, and man-trapped—leastways, boy-trapped. 1911 J. London Son of Sun (1913) iv. iv. 159 Besides, the runs are all man-trapped—you know, staked pits, poisoned thorns, and the rest. 1952 D. Thomas Let. 8 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 378 Every lane was mantrapped for me. 1957 A. Clarke Too Great Vine 15 Discharge, excrete, their centuries, Man-trapped in concrete. Derivatives ˈmantrapping adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of hidden dangers pitfalled1876 trappy1882 mantrappingc1953 c1953 D. Thomas Let. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 416 And eel up wheezily..from all the claws and bars and breasts of the mantrapping seabed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1716v.1851
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