单词 | trap |
释义 | trap —trap /træp/ noun (STH THAT PREVENTS ESCAPE) B2 [C] a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing their escape: » The fox got its foot caught in a trap.Thesaurus+: ↑HuntingB2 [S] a dangerous or unpleasant situation which you have got into and from which it is difficult or impossible to escape: » The undercover agents went to the rendezvous knowing that it might be a trap.» She's too clever to fall into the trap of doing any unpaid work.Thesaurus+: ↑Plotting and trapping , ↑Planning, expecting and arranging , ↑Cheating and tricking• • • Extra Examples:» Don't fall into the trap of thinking you can learn a foreign language without doing any work.» His foot was caught in the jaws of the trap.» We set a trap and they walked right into it.» They put rabbit traps all over the wood.» We set traps to try to control the mice.noun [C] (VEHICLE) ► F0 a light carriage with two wheels pulled by a horse, used especially in the pastThesaurus+: ↑Carriages and cartsnoun [C] SLANG (MOUTH) ► F0 a mouth: » Oh, shut your trap (= stop talking) - I'm bored of listening to you!» I've told him it's a secret and he's to keep his trap shut (= not say anything about it).Thesaurus+: ↑The mouth and throatverb [T] (-pp-) ↑Verb Endings for trap F0 to catch an animal in a trap: » She survived in the forest by eating berries and trapping small animals and birds.Thesaurus+: ↑HuntingF0 to keep something such as heat or water in one place, especially because it is useful: » A greenhouse stays warm because the glass traps the heat of the sun.Thesaurus+: ↑Keeping and storing thingsbe trappedB2 If someone or something is trapped, they are unable to move or escape from a place or situation: » The two men died when they were trapped in a burning building.» Fire officers used cutting equipment to free his legs, which were trapped under a steel beam.» FIGURATIVE Jack left the job after ten years because he was beginning to feel trapped.Thesaurus+: ↑Plotting and trapping , ↑Planning, expecting and arranging , ↑Cheating and trickingbe trapped into (doing) sthF0 to be forced or tricked into doing something that you do not want to do: » In his book, Holden speculates that Shakespeare was an unfaithful husband who was trapped into marriage.» She had been trapped into saying something she did not mean.Thesaurus+: ↑Causing somebody to act , ↑Urging and persuading• • • Extra Examples:» She went to the aid of a man trapped in his car.» Firefighters helped to dig out the people trapped in the snowdrift.» Rescuers are doing everything that is humanly possible to free the trapped people.» Jane is trapped in a joyless marriage.» We could hear the moans of someone trapped under the rubble. |
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