| 单词 | snare |
| 释义 | snare n. & v. --n 1. a trap for catching birds or animals, esp. with a noose of wire or cord. 2. a thing that acts as a temptation. 3. a device for tempting an enemy etc. to expose himself or herself to danger, failure, loss, capture, defeat, etc. 4. (in sing. or pl.) Mus. twisted strings of gut, hide, or wire stretched across the lower head of a side-drum to produce a rattling sound. 5. (in full snare drum) a drum fitted with snares. 6. Surgery a wire loop for extracting polyps etc. --vtr. 1. catch (a bird etc.) in a snare. 2. ensnare; lure or trap (a person) with a snare. Derivatives snarer n. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE sneare f. ON snara: senses 4 & 5 prob. f. MLG or MDu. |
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