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单词 trapping
释义

trapping

noun

trap·​ping ˈtra-ping How to pronounce trapping (audio)
1
trappings plural : outward signs
conventional men with all the trappings … of banality Robert Plank
2
trappings plural : outward decoration or dress : ornamental equipment
3
: caparison sense 1
usually used in plural

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from gerund of trappen — more at trap

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

trapping

verb

present participle of trap
1
as in tangling
to catch or hold as if in a net an ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • tangling
  • entrapping
  • snaring
  • ensnaring
  • netting
  • capturing
  • entangling
  • involving
  • meshing
  • enmeshing
  • immeshing
  • ensnarling
  • collaring
  • entoiling
  • implicating
  • catching up
  • bagging
  • embroiling
  • miring
  • birdliming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • detaching
  • freeing
  • disentangling
  • clearing
  • extricating
  • disengaging
  • untangling
  • liberating
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2
as in grabbing
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • grabbing
  • catching
  • capturing
  • snatching
  • seizing
  • landing
  • snaring
  • getting
  • netting
  • hooking
  • snagging
  • collaring
  • corralling
  • bagging
  • nabbing
  • grappling
  • nailing
  • rapping
  • copping
  • holding
  • nobbling
  • glomming
  • arresting
  • grasping
  • clutching
  • roping
  • entrapping
  • securing
  • detaining
  • apprehending
  • gloving
  • kidnapping
  • gripping
  • lassoing
  • snapping (up)
  • taking hold (of)
  • abducting
  • cornering
  • clasping
  • ensnaring
  • entangling
  • haltering
  • rending
  • baying
  • wresting
  • meshing
  • enmeshing
  • fisting
  • kidnaping
  • immeshing
  • latching (on or onto)
  • fastening (on)
  • spiriting (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • missing
  • freeing
  • releasing
  • discharging
  • liberating
  • dropping
  • loosening
  • unhanding
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