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单词 leghold trap
释义

leghold trap

noun

leg·​hold trap ˈleg-ˌhōld- How to pronounce leghold trap (audio)
 also  ˈlāg-
: a jawed usually steel trap that is used to hold a wild mammal and operates by springing closed and clamping onto the leg of the animal that steps on it

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The theatrics were typical of Rep. Young, who once stuck his hand in a steel-jaw leghold trap until his fingers turned blue, while arguing that such traps weren’t painful to animals. Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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