释义 |
mousetrapmouse‧trap /ˈmaʊs-træp/ noun [countable] - Be it in a mousetrap or an atomic detector, the right kind of trip-lever can always trigger an arbitrarily large effect.
- He sold everything, it appeared, from postage stamps and plimsolls to mousetraps and ham.
- It is no longer enough to build a better mousetrap and wait for the world to beat a path to your door.
- Leave it to Disney to build a better mousetrap.
- She remembered the mousetrap Clare had given her.
- Some staff even boast personal mousetraps.
- Woman - I need a mousetrap, quick.
a trap for catching mice |