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单词 pitfall trap
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pitfall trap
pitfall trap n. a (usually concealed) pit used as a trap (cf. sense 3); (later also) a cup-like device set into the ground to trap insects or other small creatures.
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1865 Sci. Amer. 15 July 33 It would be tedious to attempt to recapitulate the variety of gin traps,..pit-fall traps,..[etc.] included in the number exhibited.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1271 Pitfall-traps must have appeared very early, and refuges of various kinds were doubtless prepared when the risks [from wild animals] were great.
1996 Farmers Weekly 22 Nov. 60/3 Pitfall traps are used to check for insect problems.
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