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单词 trapper
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
trap•per  (trapər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that traps.
  2. a person whose business is the trapping of animals for their furs.
  • trap1 + -er1 1615–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
trapper /ˈtræpə/ n
  1. a person who traps animals, esp for their furs or skins
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
trap1 /træp/USA pronunciation   n., v., trapped, trap•ping. 
n. [countable]
  1. an apparatus for catching birds or other animals:several traps to catch mice.
  2. a trick for catching a person by surprise:When the thief tried to sell the stolen goods to the undercover detective, he fell right into the trap.
  3. an unpleasant situation from which it is difficult to escape:He was caught in a trap no matter what he said.
  4. a device for removing unwanted substances from a moving fluid, etc.
  5. Slang Termsmouth:Keep your trap shut.

v. 
  1. to catch in or as if in a trap: [+ object]to trap beavers for their fur.[no object]They hunted and trapped for several years.
  2. to catch by a trick:[+ object]The police trapped the killer.
  3. Building to close in or confine by or as if by a trap:[+ object]When the boat tipped over he was trapped underwater.
trap•per, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
trap1 (trap),USA pronunciation  n., v., trapped, trap•ping. 

    n. 
    1. a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
    2. any device, stratagem, trick, or the like for catching a person unawares.
    3. any of various devices for removing undesirable substances from a moving fluid, vapor, etc., as water from steam or cinders from coal gas.
    4. Also called air trap. an arrangement in a pipe, as a double curve or aU-shaped section, in which liquid remains and forms a seal for preventing the passage or escape of air or of gases through the pipe from behind or below.
    5. traps, the percussion instruments of a jazz or dance band.
    6. [Trapshooting, Skeet.]a device for hurling clay pigeons into the air.
    7. the piece of wood, shaped somewhat like a shoe hollowed at the heel, and moving on a pivot, used in playing the game of trapball.
    8. the game of trapball.
    9. See trap door.
    10. [Sports.]an act or instance of trapping a ball.
    11. Also called mousetrap, trap play.[Football.]a play in which a defensive player, usually a guard or tackle, is allowed by the team on offense to cross the line of scrimmage into the backfield and is then blocked out from the side, thereby letting the ball-carrier run through the opening in the line.
    12. [Slang.]mouth:Keep your trap shut.
    13. [Chiefly Brit.]a carriage, esp. a light, two-wheeled one.

    v.t. 
    1. to catch in a trap;
      ensnare:to trap foxes.
    2. to catch by stratagem, artifice, or trickery.
    3. to furnish or set with traps.
    4. to provide (a drain or the like) with a trap.
    5. to stop and hold by a trap, as air in a pipe.
    6. [Sports.]to catch (a ball) as it rises after having just hit the ground.
    7. [Football.]to execute a trap against (a defensive player).

    v.i. 
    1. to set traps for game:He was busy trapping.
    2. to engage in the business of trapping animals for their furs.
    3. [Trapshooting, Skeet.]to work the trap.
    • bef. 1000; Middle English trappe (noun, nominal), trappen (verb, verbal), Old English træppe (noun, nominal), cognate with Middle Dutch trappe (Dutch trap) trap, step, staircase; akin to Old English treppan to tread, German Treppe staircase
    trap like′, adj. 
      • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Trap, pitfall, snare apply to literal or figurative contrivances for deceiving and catching animals or people. Literally, a trap is a mechanical contrivance for catching animals, the main feature usually being a spring:a trap baited with cheese for mice.Figuratively, trap suggests the scheme of one person to take another by surprise and thereby gain an advantage:a trap for the unwary.A pitfall is (usually) a concealed pit arranged for the capture of large animals or of people who may fall into it; figuratively, it is any concealed danger, error, or source of disaster:to avoid the pitfalls of life.A snare is a device for entangling birds, rabbits, etc., with intent to capture; figuratively, it implies enticement and inveiglement:the temptress' snare.

    trap2 (trap),USA pronunciation  n., v., trapped, trap•ping. 

      n. 
      1. traps,[Informal.]personal belongings;
        baggage.

      v.t. 
      1. to furnish with or as with trappings;
        caparison.
      • ?
      • Middle English trappe (noun, nominal), trappen (verb, verbal) 1300–50

      trap3 (trap),USA pronunciation n. [Geol.]
      1. any of various fine-grained, dark-colored igneous rocks having a more or less columnar structure, esp. some form of basalt. Also called traprock.
      • Middle Low German trappe. See trap1
      • Swedish trapp, variant of trappa stair (so named from the stepped appearance of their outcrops)
      • 1785–95

      trap4 (trap),USA pronunciation n. [Scot.]
      1. a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
      • Dutch: stepladder; see trap1
      • 1750–60

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