| 单词 | mole trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmole trap mole trap n. any of various kinds of trap placed along the course of a mole-run to catch (and, in most cases, kill) moles. Π 1655 R. Child in S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 91 A Moal-trap which the Gardiners frequently use about London. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 174 The surest way to catch them, is by..Boxes, or Cases, called Mole-Traps, made of Elder-Boughs slit in two. 1867 Sci. Amer. 2 Nov. 279/2 This invention relates to an improved mole trap, and consists in a pair of forks pressed together by a spring. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 175 Mole traps were usually all iron and of the downward thrusting fork type. 1982 R. Anderson Poacher's Son (1984) x. 92 He didn't use the mole-trap. < as lemmas |
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