| 单词 | trap |
| 释义 | trap 1. n. & v. --n 1. a an enclosure or device, often baited, for catching animals, usu. by affording a way in but not a way out. b a device with bait for killing vermin, esp. = MOUSETRAP. 2. a trick betraying a person into speech or an act (is this question a trap?). 3. an arrangement to catch an unsuspecting person, e.g. a speeding motorist. 4. a device for hurling an object such as a clay pigeon into the air to be shot at. 5. a compartment from which a greyhound is released at the start of a race. 6. a shoe-shaped wooden device with a pivoted bar that sends a ball from its heel into the air on being struck at the other end with a bat. 7. a a curve in a downpipe etc. that fills with liquid and forms a seal against the upward passage of gases. b a device for preventing the passage of steam etc. 8. Golf a bunker. 9. a device allowing pigeons to enter but not leave a loft. 10. a two-wheeled carriage (a pony and trap). 11. = TRAPDOOR. 12. sl. the mouth (esp. shut one's trap). 13. (esp. in pl.) colloq. a percussion instrument esp. in a jazz band. --vtr. (trapped, trapping) 1. catch (an animal) in a trap. 2. catch or catch out (a person) by means of a trick, plan, etc. 3. stop and retain in or as in a trap. 4. provide (a place) with traps. Phrases and idioms trap-ball a game played with a trap (see sense 6 of n.). trap-shooter a person who practises trap-shooting. trap-shooting the sport of shooting at objects released from a trap. Derivatives traplike adj. Etymology: OE treppe, tr{aelig}ppe, rel. to MDu. trappe, med.L trappa, of uncert. orig. 2. v.tr. (trapped, trapping) (often foll. by out) 1. provide with trappings. 2. adorn. Etymology: obs. trap (n.): ME f. OF drap: see DRAPE 3. n. (in full trap-rock) any dark-coloured igneous rock, fine-grained and columnar in structure, esp. basalt. Etymology: Sw. trapp f. trappa stair, f. the often stairlike appearance of its outcroppings |
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