| 单词 | steel trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmassteel trap steel trap n. (a) a trap with jaws and spring of steel; (b) figurative (chiefly in attributive use) and in U.S. phrase smart as a steel trap and variants. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] grinc825 trapa1000 snarea1100 swikea1100 granea1250 springec1275 gina1300 gnarea1325 stringc1325 trebuchet1362 latch?a1366 leashc1374 snarlc1380 foot gina1382 foot-grina1382 traina1393 sinewa1400 snatcha1400 foot trapa1425 haucepyc1425 slingc1425 engine1481 swar1488 frame1509 brakea1529 fang1535 fall trap1570 spring1578 box-trapa1589 spring trapa1589 sprint1599 noosec1600 springle1602 springe1607 toil1607 plage1608 deadfall1631 puppy snatch1650 snickle1681 steel trap1735 figure (of) four1743 gun-trap1749 stamp1788 stell1801 springer1813 sprent1822 livetrap1823 snaphance1831 catch pole1838 twitch-up1841 basket-trap1866 pole trap1879 steel fall1895 tread-trap1952 conibear trap1957 conibear1958 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > callous or hard-hearted hard hearteOE steelena1000 hardOE hard-heartedc1225 stony?c1230 yhert1340 dure1412 hardedc1425 induratec1425 stonishc1450 hardenedc1480 steely1508 flinty1536 endured1540 stiff-stomached1540 heartless1556 indured1558 flint-hearted1560 iron1561 marble1565 stone-hearted?1569 stony-hearted1569 iron-hearted1570 steel-hearted1571 rocky?1578 brawned1582 flinted1582 padded1583 obdure?1590 brawny1596 flintful1596 flint-heart1596 steeled1600 cauterized1603 indurated1604 flinty-hearted1629 ahenean1630 dedolent1633 brawny-hearteda1639 hard-grained1643 callous1647 upsitten1682 seared1684 petrified1720 calloused1746 coreless1813 pebble-hearted1816 hard-shelled1848 hard-plucked1857 steel trap1921 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. Argt. The Steel-Trap described. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 22 Steel traps and spring guns seem'd writ in every wrinkle. 1827 Hone's Every-day Bk. II. 906 The stranger..is in jeopardy of falling into the..fangs of a steel-trap. 1872 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 57 She was a little thin woman, but tough as Inger rubber, and smart as a steel trap. 1899 A. M. Binstead Gal's Gossip 127 He posted sentinel, bright and ready as a new steel-trap. 1921 D. H. Lawrence Tortoises 32 Little old man, Scuffling beside her..Parting his steel-trap face, so suddenly and seizing her scaly ankle. 1937 E. S. Gardner Case of Dangerous Dowager i. 8 You're going up against a crook who is smart as a steel trap. 1972 Publishers Weekly 17 Apr. 19/1 He's rather amused by what he calls his steeltrap memory. ‘I have a tight grip on things in inverse proportion to their importance.’ < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。