单词	trap
释义	noun | verb traptrap1 /træp/ ●●○ noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYtrap1 Origin: Old English træppe, treppe Collocations COLLOCATIONS► set traps  Have you set traps to catch the squirrels? ► lay/set/spring a trap  Police laid a trap for the killer. ► fall/walk into a trap  She realized too late that she had fallen into their trap. ► caught in the trap of  It’s all too easy to get caught in the trap of working too much. ► fall into the trap of  Don’t fall into the trap of investing all your money in one place. ► avoid the trap of  It can be difficult to avoid the trap of spending too much. 1FOR ANIMALS a piece of equipment for catching animals:  Have you set traps to catch the squirrels? → see also mousetrap2SMART TRICK a trick that is used to catch someone or to make someone do or say something that he or she did not intend to:  I was sure it was a trap, but I went in anyway.lay/set/spring a trap Police laid a trap for the killer.fall/walk into a trap She realized too late that she had fallen into their trap.3BAD SITUATION a bad or difficult situation that is difficult to escape from:  It’s all too easy to get caught in the trap of working too much.4MISTAKE a situation or mistake that you should avoid:  Don’t fall into the trap of investing all your money in one place. It can be difficult to avoid the trap of spending too much.5PIPE the part of a pipe from a sink, toilet, etc. that is bent to hold water and stop gases from passing through6keep your trap shut spoken to not say anything about things that are secret7shut your trap! spoken used to tell someone rudely and angrily to stop talking8DOOR a trapdoor9GOLF a sand trap10PLACE THAT ATTRACTS something a place where there is often a lot of something because it gets caught there:  The screen is a real dust trap.11SOCCER the act of stopping a moving ball with the bottom of your foot or allowing it to bounce softly off a part of your body other than your hands or arms12VEHICLE a light vehicle with two wheels, pulled by a horse13DOG RACE a special gate from which a dog is set free at the start of dog race → see also booby trap, death trap, speed trap, trapshooting noun | verb traptrap2 ●●○ verb (trapped, trapping) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE trap Simple Form Present I, you, we, they trap he, she, it traps Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they trapped Present perfect I, you, we, they have trapped he, she, it has trapped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had trapped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will trap Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have trapped Continuous Form Present I am trapping he, she, it is trapping you, we, they are trapping Past I, he, she, it was trapping you, we, they were trapping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been trapping he, she, it has been trapping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been trapping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be trapping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been trapping 1IN A DANGEROUS PLACE [usually passive] to prevent someone from escaping from a dangerous place:  One hundred and twenty miners were still trapped underground yesterday.2CATCH somebody to catch someone by forcing him or her into a place from which he or she cannot escape:  Police have the man trapped inside the building.3IN A BAD SITUATION be/feel trapped to be in a bad situation from which you cannot escape:  Peggy feels trapped in a boring job.4TRICK somebody to trick someone so that you make him or her do or say something that he or she did not intend to: trap somebody into (doing) something Anthony says she trapped him into marriage before he was ready.5GAS/WATER ETC. to prevent something such as water, dirt, heat, etc. from escaping or spreading:  Greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere.6ANIMAL to catch an animal or bird using a trap7SOCCER to stop a moving ball with the bottom of your foot or allow it to bounce softly off a part of your body other than your hands or arms
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