| 单词 | pot trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspot trap pot trap n. †(a) a pot set in the ground as a trap for moles (obsolete); (b) a kind of trap used in drainage, (perhaps) a D trap. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for moles pot trap1649 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > trap > types of well trap1819 bell-trap1867 ball trap1873 siphon trapa1884 pot trap1884 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver 151 There being so many Artists with the Moale-Staffe, Tines, and Traps of severall Sorts, of all which I commend the Pot-Trap set in a Banke, or Hedge-row. ?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. II. at Mole Some approve of the pot-trap, which..is most advantageously used about the beginning of March, when the Moles couple, or perhaps somewhat earlier. 1884 G. E. Waring in Cent. Mag. Dec. 259/2 An unventilated pot-trap eight inches in diameter. 1891 Manufacturer & Builder 23 p. xi/2 (advt.) Bath Traps to be Bennor or Pot Traps, all brass, with large cleaning screws placed to an accessible point. 1992 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. 8 A snake fed down a fixture drain and into a drum or pot trap will twist itself into a tangle of knots that will become a permanent part of your plumbing. < as lemmas |
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