| 单词 | steel trap |
| 释义 | steel trap (once / 14756 pages) n WORD FAMILY steel trap: steel traps USAGE EXAMPLESShe smiled to herself—delicate like a steel trap. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) If nobody’s mind is a steel trap, everybody is capable of contending on the PGA Tour. New York Times(May 14, 2016) Related: India’s tiger population increases by almost a third Poachers use guns, poison and even steel traps and electrocution to kill their prey. The Guardian(Apr 29, 2016) 1n a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey Hyper trap a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned 2n an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps) he's as sharp as a steel trap a mind like a steel trap Hyper acuity, acuteness, keenness, sharpness a quick and penetrating intelligence |
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